
What is recorded here
Roadside, discovered 1976. Three rectangular, partially collapsed, chambers. Chambers 1 and 2 rock-cut to height 0.5m; remainder earth-cut. Chamber 3 totally rock-cut. Chamber 1: L 4.4m; Wth 1.4m; H 1.2m. Chamber 2: L 3.4m; Wth 1.1m; H 1.1m. Chamber 3: L 2.9m; Wth 1.15m; H 0.4m (McCarthy 1977, 223-4). No visible surface trace.
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
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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