What is recorded here

Two long flags lay parallel in the pasture, six feet long and three feet broad, with no covering stone to hide what they held. The land kept that bare fact until the grave vanished entirely, leaving no surface trace behind. Whatever death or distinction it marked has joined the many names the soil has swallowed, but the shape remains clear enough to picture: a long open box laid for a giant or forgotten king.

Marked only on 1842 OS 6-inch map as 'Giant's Grave'. In pasture, c. 150m to E of wedge tomb (6389). Removed; no visible surface trace. According to deValera and O Nualláin (1982, 49, no. 38), drawn in the OS Memoranda and described as 'two long flags placed parallel 6ft long 3ft broad 2ft high -no covering stone - appears a grave'. They suggest it may have been a small wedge tomb or a large cist (ibid.). 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

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