Mound in Slieveowen — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Slieveowen still holds the buried chamber Windele heard about in 1843, though trees have strangled the oval mound and erased every visible marker. The flagstone at the summit may have opened a entrance to endless dark passages, waiting for a foolish explorer or a forgotten keeper. What was built there has vanished under leaf and time, leaving only the shape of a tail on old surveys and the promise of a hidden world beneath.

Shown on 1904 OS 6-inch map as hachured oval area (c. 50m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE) with smaller oval area (c. 25m NE-SW; c. 10m NW-SE) forming 'tail' at SW end. Area now heavily forested and no archaeological features noted. Probably same site as that described by Windele in 1843 (O'Mahony 1909,214): 'The hillock is about 30 or 40 feet high, of a long oval form,whether artifical or otherwise, we could not determine'. He also noted a flagstone at the summit which, according to local information, led 'to extensive crypts and passages beneath' (ibid.). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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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