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A Reconsideration of the Tramore Passage-Tombs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2014

Seán Ó Nualláin  and
Paul Walsh
Seán Ó Nualláin
Affiliation:
Archaeological Branch, Ordnance Survey Office, Phoenix Park, Dublin
Paul Walsh
Affiliation:
Archaeological Branch, Ordnance Survey Office, Phoenix Park, Dublin
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Abstract

The megalithic tombs of the Tramore group in County Waterford, south-eastern Ireland, are described and reconsidered. Three are confirmed as passage-tombs, but two are now identified as wedge-tombs. The passage-tombs have their best parallels not in Ireland, but in the Scilly Isles and Cornwall.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 52 , Issue 1 , 1986 , pp. 25 - 29
Copyright
Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1986

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