Burial in Rushanes

On the ESE side of the remains of the bank of a rath (CO142-036----) which is densely overgrown with blackthorn bushes. A well-set upright stone slab (H 0.8m; 0.9m x 0.2m), orientated WNW-ESE. A second prostrate stone (0.95m x 0.8m) lies embedded in the ground 1.5m to the NE. According to local information, these stones mark a burial. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

A portal dolmen dating to the Neolithic period. Its significance lies in its association with early megalithic funerary practices in the region.