Killowen Burial Gd (Disused)

In pasture. Marked 'Killowen Grave Yd.' on OS 6-inch map (1842). Slightly raised (H 0.4m) oval area (11.5m N-S; 11m E-W) defined by overgrowth. Field fence on NNE side. No grave markers noted. Standing stone (CO109-016002-) to N of centre. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Portal dolmen; likely dates to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age. Its raised oval form and associated standing stone suggest a ceremonial or funerary function, typical of megalithic traditions in Ireland.