What is recorded here

Dolmen is a ruined wedge tomb in County Cork, Ireland, where five northern stones and two southern stones still mark a chamber six metres long. The monument sits inside a living field fence above the Glashaboy River valley, reducing ancient death to an ordinary boundary of the pasture. People may have walked past it for centuries, knowing nothing of the buried shape beneath the grass.

In pasture, on N-facing slope of low hill overlooking Glashaboy River valley. Tomb is incorporated in field fence extending E-W. Gallery (L c. 6.2m; Wth 1.2m at E end) is represented by five sidestones along N side of fence and two along S side. Edges of four overlapping roofstones protrude from fence above N sidestones which decrease in height from W to E. Single outer-wall stone stands immediately N of fence. Despite its ruined condition monument is clearly of wedge tomb class. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1982, 4-5, no. 5) 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 See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume IV. Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1982)

Portal dolmen; dates to the Neolithic period. Its orientation and location suggest it was part of a broader ritual landscape associated with early farming communities in the region.

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