
What is recorded here
In cut-away bog on SE-facing slope of W side of the valley of Aghakista stream overlooking Bear Haven. Flat-topped boulder (2.6m x 1.8m; T 0.8m) resting above three support stones. (O Nualláin 1978, 90, no.17)
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 Foildarrig is a Bronze Age funerary monument, typically associated with single interments beneath a large stone. Its location in a cut-away bog suggests ritual significance and reflects early burial practices in the Irish landscape.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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