What is recorded here

No visible chamber remains at Gort Na Scairte, but the heavy boulder and upright markers preserve the shape of a lost Megalithic structure beside Kilkerranmore Church. It stands in open pasture, not hidden in soil, inviting people to measure how much smaller human ambition becomes when set against stone. The missing chamber may have collapsed, been taken for wall material or simply disappeared from memory while the foundation markers waited patient for recognition.

In pasture just SE of Kilkerranmore Church (CO135-084003-) and graveyard (CO135-084001-). Large sub-rectangular boulder (H 0.75m; 2.15m SE-NW; 1.5m NE-SW) atop bed of small stones (H 0.25m). Two small upright stones at SE end (H 0.42m; 0.6m; 0.3m: H 0.26m; 0.5m; 0.3m). 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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