What is recorded here

Five stones circle a chamber barely wide enough for one person to lie down, aligned north-northeast on the Kame River valley. Two have fallen, but the angle remains sharp, pointing across rolling pasture toward another circle a quarter kilometre away. Someone measured that distance, chose that bearing, and built a room for the dark.

On level tract, in rolling pasture on SW side of Kame River valley. Circle complete; W entrance stone and E side stone are prostrate. Orthostats are 1m to 2m L, 0.3m to 0.9m T and 0.8m to 1.1m H. Estimated internal measurement along main axis, aligned NNE-SSW, is c. 2.3m. Five-stone circle (6468) stands 250m to NE. (O Nualláin 1984a, 38, no. 72) 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

Likely dating to the Neolithic period (c. 4000–2500 BCE), this dolmen may have functioned as a burial or ritual site. Such megalithic structures often held ceremonial significance, though specific folklore or use in this area is not recorded.

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