What is recorded here

Dolmen is a boulder burial in County Cork, Ireland, where upright stones still hold a flat capstone above the dead. It belongs to the Late Neolithic period, when people moved enormous rock without wheels or written orders. The earth that once hid the chamber has fallen away, exposing a skeleton of stone that waits for rain, moss and memory.

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. 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

Portal dolmen; likely dates to the Neolithic period. It represents an early form of megalithic monument associated with burial and ritual practices in west Cork.

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