What is recorded here

Wedge tomb in Leenane is a megalithic chamber cut into a SE-facing slope above Crook Haven, its oval mound stretching 14.5m and throwing stones into the sky like broken teeth. Inside, two sidestones and a backstone enclose a 3.2m chamber open to the SW, where two tall entrance stones still mark the threshold. Whoever built it hauled rock up a mountain ridge only to bury dead beneath it, trusting the slope would keep the chamber company for centuries.

On SE-facing slope of low mountain ridge above Crook Haven, c. 500m S of tombs in Arduslough (CO147-048001-) and Tooreen (CO147-048002-). Chamber (L 3.2m; Wth 1.3m) open to SW; each side represented by single sidestones; backstone at E end. Two tall stones to SW may represent some form of entrance feature. Incorporated in oval mound, 14.5m NE-SW; 11.5m NW-SE, from which a number of stones protrude. (de Valera and O Nualláin 1982, 40-1, Co. 60) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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)

Wedge tomb, dating to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age (c. 2500–1000 BC). Its location and orientation suggest it is part of a broader funerary landscape associated with early farming communities in the region.

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