Boulder-burial in Bohonagh

On level patch on S-facing slope, 1.5m N of Rosscarbery Bay. Cover-stone (2.9m x 2.4m; T 1.1m) rests on three low boulders, two of which are of quartz; seven cup-marks on upper surface. Excavated in 1957 (Fahy 1961, 93-104) together with multiple-stone circle (CO143-032001-) c. 18m to W and hut site (CO143-032004-). Stone overlying socket at W edge of cover-stone was considered to have been uprooted from it; interpreted as fixed closing-slab which blocked formal entrance. Fragments of cremated bone recovered from shallow pit beneath cover-stone . (O Nualláin 1978, 95, no. 33) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Boulder-burial in Bohonagh is a Bronze Age funerary monument, likely dating to the early to middle Bronze Age (c. 2000–1200 BCE). Its significance lies in its association with early megalithic burial practices in southwest Ireland and the presence of cup-marks, which may indicate ritual or symbolic activity.