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Burial Gd

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Burial Gd
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In rough grazing on S-facing slope. Square area defined by overgrowth. Some grave stones noted. 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
A portal dolmen; likely dates to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age. Its significance lies in representing a megalithic funerary tradition common in south-west Ireland.

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