What is recorded here

Dolmen is an incomplete stone circle on the east side of the Dripsey River valley, probably made of seven closely set stones, with five erect and one displaced still marking its line. Its main axis stretches 3.4m from east-northeast to west-southwest, and a separate standing stone waits two metres to the southwest of the axial stone. The missing stones may have fallen, been taken, or never been set at all, leaving the circle partly imagined and partly present.

On level patch of pasture, on E side of Dripsey River valley. Circle incomplete, probably comprised seven stones. Five erect stones and one displaced stone remain; these include axial stone and entrance stones. Orthostats are closely set and measure 1m to 1.7m L, 0.25m to 0.4m T and 0.85m to 1.1m H. Internal measurement along main axis, aligned ENE-WSW, is 3.4m. Standing stone (CO050-061002-) 2m to SW of axial stone (H 1.2m; 1.3m x 0.4m). (O Nualláin 1984a, 13, no. 6) 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

Dolmen, Kilmartin Lower is likely from the Neolithic or early Bronze Age, based on the characteristics of megalithic tombs in the region. Such structures were often used for communal burial and may have held ritual or ceremonial significance within prehistoric communities.

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