Boulder-burial in Derroograne — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

In rough hill pasture on bog, on the W edge of a terrace on a W-facing slope overlooking Glengarriff Harbour. A boulder (1.35m E-W; 1.15m N-S; H 0.5m) rests on at least three support-stones (H 0.1m), one of which has a pad-stone inserted on top. This boulder-burial lies within a network of field boundaries (CO091-016001-). There is an enclosure (CO091-016002-) c. 26m to the SE. 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 in Derroograne is a Bronze Age funerary monument, likely dating to between 2000 and 800 BCE. Its significance lies in representing a regional burial tradition associated with single or small group interments, often of high-status individuals.

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