wedge tomb

noun

Archaeology.

a Neolithic chamber tomb found in the British Isles, having a trapezoidal or D-shaped cairn and a long, narrow chamber opening into it from the wider, higher side.

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Two individuals from a wedge tomb at Parknabinnia, County Clare, showed high levels of Mesolithic ancestry.