Labbacallee wedge tomb

Labbacallee Wedge Tomb,
County Cork
Leaba Chaillí
Labbacallee Wedge Tomb
LocationLabbacallee, Glanworth, County Cork, Ireland
Coordinates52°10′27″N 8°20′04″W / 52.1742°N 8.3345°W / 52.1742; -8.3345
TypeWedge tomb
History
PeriodsBronze Age
Site notes
Public accessYes
Reference no.318

Labbacallee Wedge Tomb (Irish: Leaba Chaillí, meaning 'hag's bed') 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.