What is recorded here
In forestry, on top of Moynass mountain. Circular, heavily overgrown cairn (diam. 13.3m; H 1m); smaller stones on top may have been added recently.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
A circular cairn, likely dating to the Bronze Age; its location on a mountain summit suggests ritual or funerary significance.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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