What is recorded here

Castle Island in Lough Hyne holds a U-shaped earthwork where a low grass bank still marks the edge of a forgotten chamber. The megalithic structure and cupmarked stone nearby suggest the island was a place of ritual rather than mere shelter. People may have gathered there to read the sky, bury what they lost, or speak to the dead while the sea closed the road behind them.

In flat rough pasture, in the SW end of Castle Island in Lough Hyne. A roughly U-shaped area (L 17m NE-SW; Wth 15m NW-SE) is enclosed by a low grass-covered earthen bank (Wth 2.4m; int. and ext. H up to 0.3m) at NW, NE and SE. A prostrate stone, which may be a glacial erratic, lies on the ground c. 30m to the SE. There is a megalithic structure (CO150-079002-) c. 20m to the N and a cupmarked stone (CO150-079001-) c. 30m to the NE. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

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