Carn

Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as square area (c. 30m sq.) defined by dotted line and named 'Acuthoge'; hachured on 1905 OS 6-inch map as circular mound (diam. c. 30m) and named 'Acuthoge'; named 'carn' on 1937 OS 6-inch map. In pasture, in gently rolling countryside. Roughly circular grass-covered cairn (c. 34m N-S; c. 30m E-W; max. H c. 1.5m) with wedge tomb (CO024-05602-) in centre; heavily quarried. According to Brash (1843, 272) opened c. 1838 by Rev. Connery, parish priest of Buttevant; subsequently ransacked and large quantities of cairn material removed (resulting H c. 5-6m); composed of 'earth and small rubble' . Mound unusually large for wedge tomb and could be 'secondary feature' where cairn of wedge tomb has been enlarged and re-used for later burials (de Valera and O'Nualláin 1982, 1). 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

Neolithic passage tomb; significant as a possible ceremonial or burial site associated with early agricultural communities in the region.