What is recorded here

Two massive boulders rest on simple stone props in rough grazing above the Kealincha river valley, separated by barely a metre. One covers a chamber with three supports, the other with two, creating a tight pair of dead chambers rather than a single grand monument. They sit on an NE-facing slope where grass grows thin and wind strips the land clean. The size of the stones suggests considerable effort, yet the small distance between them denies them epic scale.

In rough grazing, on NE-facing slope, overlooking Kealincha river valley. Two boulder burials stand 1.1m apart. Sub-rectangular boulder (1.5m x 1.3m; 0.5m T) rests on three support stones. Second boulder to SE (CO115-06302-); cover stone (2m x 1.4m; 0.7m T) resting on two support stones. 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 Crumpane is a Bronze Age funerary monument, likely dating to the early to middle first millennium BCE. Its construction reflects a tradition of simple stone burial structures found across upland and riverine landscapes in Ireland, often associated with single or multiple inhumations.

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