What is recorded here

Graves is a wedge tomb in County Cork, Ireland. It contains a narrow stone chamber about three and a half metres long, with roof stones above and mound remains at either side. The chamber faces east and west inside a tight defile near the headwaters of the Cummer River valley.

N tomb of pair (CO082-084001-), 4m apart, on floor of short narrow defile near headwaters of Cummer River valley. Comprises gallery (L c. 3.5m; Wth c. 0.8m) aligned E-W, represented by three sidestones to N and S; three buttress-stones along N gallery side and one to S. Gallery covered by two roof stones. Remains of mound to N and S of gallery. (de Valera and O Nualláin 1982, 21-2, Co. 30) 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, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. Its location in a narrow defile suggests a strategic or ritual significance, possibly linked to early settlement patterns or ceremonial use of the Cummer River valley.

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