What is recorded here
Boulder-burial in Carriganish: On bog-covered hillside, 1m S of standing stone pair (6547). Cover-stone (1.8m x 1.4m; 1.1m T) rests above three flat-topped support stones. (O Nualláin 1988, 243, no. 92)
On bog-covered hillside, 1m S of standing stone pair (6547). Cover-stone (1.8m x 1.4m; 1.1m T) rests above three flat-topped support stones. (O Nualláin 1988, 243, no. 92)
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
Boulder-burial in Carriganish is a Bronze Age funerary monument, dating to approximately 2000–800 BCE. It represents a regional variant of burial practice in western Ireland, reflecting early communal mortuary traditions.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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