Mound in Curraghnalaght

Heavily overgrown mound (H c. 2m) on grounds of Stone View house, c. 15m N of fulacht fiadh (CO062-185002-). Known locally as "the mound". According to local information, slab, said to be entrance to mound, discovered when stream was re-routed. 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

A Neolithic burial mound, likely dating to the Early to Middle Bronze Age, associated with a fulacht fiadh; its local context suggests ritual or domestic activity in a rural landscape.