Labbacallee wedge tomb is a large pre-historic burial monument, located 8 km (5.0 mi) north-west of Fermoy and 2 km (1.2 mi) south-east of Glanworth, County Cork, Ireland. It is the largest Irish wedge tomb and dates from roughly 2300 BC. The tomb is a National Monument in State Care no. 318. It was the first megalithic tomb in the country to be described by an antiquarian writer, in John Aubrey’s manuscript of 1693.
Labbacallee Wedge Tomb, County Cork
Image: 14. Labbacallee Wedge Tomb, Co. Cork
A gallery grave is a form of megalithic tomb built primarily during the Neolithic Age in Europe in which the main gallery of the tomb is entered without first passing through an antechamber or hallway. There are at least four major types of gallery grave, and they may be covered with an earthen mound or rock mound.
Gallery grave, missing a portion of its tumulus and all its stone caps, in a cemetery in Herrljunga, Sweden.
La Roche-aux-Fées, a gallery grave in France
Altar Wedge Tomb, County Cork
Glantane East Wedge Tomb, County Cork, Ireland