What is recorded here

Inchydoney Island, County Cork: a white quartzite pebble, said to have come from a slab-lined grave, is all that remains visible of the cist. The chamber has vanished or sunk beneath turf and tide, leaving only a small hard stone to mark the shape of what was lost. Anyone who finds that pebble is touching the last visible edge of a dead person’s house, built with flat slabs and forgotten by the living.

No exact location. Raftery (1941, 303) reports 'white quartzite pebble, said to have come from a slab-lined grave'. No further details. 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

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