What is recorded here

Boulder-burial in Gaggan, County Cork, Ireland. On rough pasture on NW-facing slope of Slieveadrohid Hill. Destroyed in 1967. Cover-stone moved to top of small outcropping rock c. 6m N of original position. Two support stones were visible in 1968.

On rough pasture on NW-facing slope of Slieveadrohid Hill. Destroyed in 1967. Cover-stone moved to top of small outcropping rock c. 6m N of original position. Two support stones were visible in 1968. 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 Gaggan is a Bronze Age funerary monument, likely dating to the early to middle first millennium BCE. Its significance lies in representing a regional variant of burial practice in the upland landscapes of Ireland, though its specific cultural or ritual context remains poorly understood due to its partial destruction.

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