What is recorded here

Killavarrig is a lost cist, one of two long burial chambers demolished in October 1956. They stood on a hill shoulder above the sea, beside a ringfort, with a view north and east that suggested the dead were not hidden but placed where they could still see the living world turn. A field to the southeast later yielded human bones, perhaps scattered when the chamber opened or forgotten when it closed. What was taken in 1956 may have been ordinary stone and soil to the men who broke it, but the view remains in the shape of the land.

In pasture, on shoulder of hill with commanding view to N and E. In field just NE of ringfort (CO123-041001-). One of two (CO123-041002-) long cist burials demolished 11/10/56 (UCC). According to landowner human bones found in field to SE c. 1966. 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

Long cist burial, likely dating to the Early Christian or early medieval period. Its association with a nearby ringfort suggests a possible funerary context linked to a settlement or high-status individual.

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