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In cut-away bog on edge of shoulder high up on S-facing slope of Knockacommeen in Derrynasaggart Mountains. Comprises ruined gallery (L 2.8m; Wth c. 1m) aligned NE-SW, represented by large sidestones to N and S overlapped to W by two lower slabs, inset backstone at E end, and sill-like stone at W end. Single buttress-stone outside gallery to S. Sidestones decrease in height from W to E. Two upright slabs beyond and flanking W end of gallery may be outer-wall stones. Displaced roofstone lies at SE end of gallery. Monument clearly once covered by bog. (O Nualláin 1989, 135)
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
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