What is recorded here

Boulder-burial in Knocks (carbery East (e.d) By.) marks three chambered graves set in a tight triangle across level pasture, each heavy stone resting on hidden supports. A ringfort stands eight metres east, suggesting the dead and the living shared one small landscape. The arrangement feels less like a random dump of rock and more like a deliberate gathering, as if someone placed each chamber to face the others before leaving the field to graze.

On level patch of ground in rolling pasture. Three boulder burials set in form of triangle c. 1.5m apart. Boulder to NE (1.8m x 1.7m; T 0.9m) rests above four support stones. Subcircular slab to SW (diam. 2.4m; T 0.6m) rests above at least five support stones. Two support stones are visible beneath the cover stone (2m x 1.3m; T 0.65m) of NW monument. Ringfort (CO122-007004-) 8m to E. 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 Knocks is a Bronze Age megalithic tomb, likely a boulder burial or simple cist. Its triangular arrangement and use of large stones reflect early funerary practices in the region.

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