What is recorded here

Half-buried in the mound, the narrow gallery still points east across the valley, its small stones packed tight enough to resist centuries of rain. The fallen slabs at the west end lie like a door kicked open, suggesting that whatever entered this place did so deliberately and left in a hurry. On a steep slope above Douce Mountain, the tomb has stopped being a monument and become a warning: even the dead need room to breathe.

On small platform on steep N-facing slope of Sruhaunphadeen valley to NE of Douce Mountain. Comprises ruined gallery (L c. 3.5m; Wth 0.5m at E end), aligned ENE-WSW, irregularly constructed of small stones and surrounded by closely-set outer walling. Two fallen stones at W end may be remains of facade. Incorporated in mound on edge of which lie two slabs, possibly displaced roofstones. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1982, 24-5, Co. 34) 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)

Neolithic passage tomb; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 4000–3000 BCE). Its alignment and construction suggest ritual or funerary use, typical of early megalithic traditions in the region.

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