Megalithic tomb in Knockavoreen — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Knockavoreen held a collapsed dolmen called the big stones, but people removed the rocks and erased the tomb before modern cameras ever pointed at it. The flat pasture on the southeast slope keeps no visible trace, forcing imagination to build what forgotten hands took away.

In flat pasture on shoulder of SE-facing slope; possible stone row (9845) in same townland. Ó Ríordáin (1989, 16, 18) records a 'collapsed Dolmen' known as the 'big stones'. Stones removed many years ago. No visible surface trace. Exact nature of site uncertain. 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

Portal dolmen; Neolithic period. Its association with a possible stone row suggests ritual or ceremonial significance in the prehistoric landscape.

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