Knockauncarragh

In pasture. Roughly circular, grass-covered mound (H c. 10m; diam. c. 100m). Named Knockauncarragh and depicted as hachured circular mound (diam. c. 50m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Power (1923, 171) translates name to 'Cnoc an Chatharach' - 'Hill of the Cathair'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Neolithic passage tomb; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 3700–2500 BCE). Its large size and hachured depiction suggest it was a significant ceremonial or burial site in the landscape.