Burial in Moneen (fermoy By.) — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Moneen holds a buried life beneath a six-foot boulder, waiting for a plough to break the seal. The farmer dug out skull fragments before officials arrived, stripping the dead of their last witness. What remains is a hollow jar, empty of bones but full of the moment when human hands first touched what the earth had kept.

Discovered in 1930 during tillage operations; investigated by NMI. Large undressed boulder (6ft x 4ft; Th 2in-4ft) overlaid a slight hollow (L c. 6ft; D c. 2ft) into which covering stone had sunk; fragments of human skull dug out from hollow by farmer prior to investigation were only contents surviving. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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 dating to the Neolithic period; its significance lies in providing evidence of early megalithic funerary practices in the region.

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