What is recorded here

Inishbeg Island, County Cork, holds a displaced boulder burial where a large cover-stone still rests above three supports near the Ilen river. The chamber has lost its exact shape, but the stones remain tangled in the earth like a forgotten gesture. Whoever placed them believed the dead should touch the living world through stone, water and time.

On Inishbeg Island at mount of Ilen river. Cover-stone, a subrectangular boulder (2.7m x 1.7m; T 0.9m) has been displaced; rests above three stones, two of which may be original supports. 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 Inishbeg is a megalithic tomb, likely dating to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age. Its significance lies in its construction using large local stones, reflecting early ritual practices and stone-working capabilities in the region.

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