Dolmen in Burgatia, boulder-burial in County Cork

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What is recorded here

On S side of Burgatia hill, overlooking Roscarbery Bay. Rounded boulder (2.25m x 1.75m; T 1.4m) resting on inner edge of two flat-topped stones. (O Nualláin 1978, 95, no. 32; Roberts 1988, ch. 1, no. 32) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO143-028001

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