Lackanargid

On small bog-covered platform on steep S-facing slope at head of Sruhaunphadeen valley, to NE of Douce Mountain. Comprises gallery (L 3.4m;Wth 1.1m at SW end) open to SW, represented by two sidestones to N, three to S and inset backstone at E end; two outer-wall stones stand beyond N side. Traces of mound to S and W of gallery. Wedge-tomb (6393) stands c. 300m to W in Cloghboola townland. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1982, 26-7, Co. 37) 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)

Portal dolmen; Neolithic period. The structure's orientation and location on a prominent slope suggest it may have had ritual or ceremonial significance in its landscape.