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Well glass spring wedge tomb is a Neolithic or Bronze Age megalithic monument located near Limavady in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Wedge tombs are characteristically narrow, tapering structures built from stone slabs, typically oriented east-west with their entrances facing south-west. Dating broadly between 3500 and 2000 BCE, these monuments served as communal burial places and are found predominantly in Ireland and western Britain, representing a distinctive tradition of megalithic architecture from the prehistoric Atlantic seaboard.
The monument sits on Palaeogene bedrock consisting of extrusive mafic rocks—ancient lavas and tuffs formed during volcanic activity in the Paleogene period, millions of years before the wedge tomb's construction. This geology has shaped the local landscape and would have influenced the selection and availability of stone for the monument's construction. The surrounding terrain provided both the stone-working resources and the elevated situation characteristic of many such burial monuments.
Well glass spring wedge tomb is protected by the Historic Environment Division as a scheduled monument under reference 11734, recognising its importance as evidence of prehistoric settlement, burial practice and social organisation in medieval Ulster. The site contributes to our understanding of how communities from the Neolithic and Bronze Age landscapes organised their dead and expressed cultural identity through monumental stone architecture.
Well glass spring. wedge tomb is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 11734. View the official record →
Well glass spring wedge tomb is a Neolithic or Bronze Age megalithic monument located near Limavady in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 11734.
Well glass spring. wedge tomb dates from the neo/b.a. period, and is classified as a megalithic tomb. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Well glass spring. wedge tomb is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 11734.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sweat house (1.1 km), Rath (1.4 km), Counterscarp rath, possibly hillfort (1.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Well glass spring. wedge tomb's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Well glass spring. wedge tomb stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Palaeogene, bedrock that formed in the Paleogene. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.