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Boulder-burial in Caherdowney

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Boulder-burial in Caherdowney
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In pasture, on a slight SE-facing slope. This possible boulder-burial is located in a field boundary where a lot of field clearance material, including large stones, has been dumped. A large cover-stone (1.95m E-W; 1.9m N-S; T 1.55m) rests on two support-stones at NNE and NNW and a third earthfast stone, possibly outcropping rock, to the S. Two upright stones (0.5m x 0.2m; H 0.45m and 0.6m x 0.3m; H 0.5m, respectively), apparently deliberately set, are located immediately ENE and NW of the cover-stone. There is a rath (8116, vol. 3) 80m to the ENE. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

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