Mound in Rathclare

In pasture, c. 40m E of Awbeg River; moated site (10463) c. 55m to S. Depicted on 1842 OS 6-inch map as hachured oval mound (c. 20m N-S; c. 10m E-W). Levelled; low scarp to NE may indicate perimeter. 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

Neolithic passage tomb; dates to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE. Its location near a moated site suggests later medieval activity in the same landscape, indicating long-term settlement or ritual use of the area.