What is recorded here

Beneath the gravel pit overlooking Bear Island, dead people waited inside a stone box until road repairs broke their quiet in the 1940s. The workers took gravel for living roads while the ancient dead kept their own stubborn shape. Shanavallyleigh still holds that sudden meeting of human hurry and ancient patience.

In a disused gravel-pit in an area of rough pasture, on a S-facing slope overlooking Berehaven Harbour and Bear Island. According to local information 'a box-like structure of stone slabs, which contained some bones', was discovered by County Council workers in the 1940s in the course of removing gravel from this pit for road repairs. This structure is no longer visible. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Cist burial, likely dating to the Early Christian or medieval period. Its location and simple construction suggest a local or isolated interment, possibly associated with early settlement or ecclesiastical activity in the Berehaven area.

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