Why this matters
Portal dolmen; likely dates to the Neolithic period (c. 4000–2500 BCE). Its wedge-shaped gallery and septal stone suggest a transitional form in megalithic tomb development in Ireland.
What is recorded here
On tract of boggy ground on E side of Foherish River basin. Monument is badly damaged; early accounts indicate wedge-shaped gallery (L c. 2m; Wth c. 1m at W end narrowing to c. 0.8m to E) aligned E-W, having septal stone at W end preceded by short portico. Gallery was covered by single roofstone, now displaced. (de Valera and O Nualláin 1982, 12-3, Co. 16)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume IV. Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1982)
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