Boulder-burial in Cooragreenane — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

A recent loose stone presses against the south side of the buried chamber, joining an older boulder that still balances on three smaller stones above Lough Allua. The terrace is crowded with fern and gorse, while a glacial erratic sits a metre east, as if the hill had dropped several stones in a hurry and someone had later added one more.

In rough hill grazing, on a fern and gorse-covered terrace on a N-facing slope overlooking Inchigeela and Lough Allua. An irregularly shaped boulder (1.45m N-S; 1.35m E-W; H 1.1m) rests on three stones (H 0.07-0.25m), the largest of which supports its N side. A loose stone, resting against the S side, appears to be a recent addition. A glacial erratic is 1m to the E. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Boulder-burial, likely dating to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age. This type of monument is significant as it represents a rare and early form of megalithic funerary practice in the region.

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