Add your own picture and explain the route, parking, gates, paths or landmarks that help people find it.
Earn 5 points after the picture is checked and accepted.
Add your photo and local directionsShare what you foundWhat is recorded here
On flat shoulder of S-facing slope overlooking valley of River Douglas, a tributary of Sullane River. Comprises gallery (L 3.2m; Wth c. 1.2m) aligned E-W, represented by four N sidestones, two surviving S sidestones and backstone at E end; W end closed by low sill-like stone. Three parallel stones at NW corner of monument may be multiple outer walling. Single outer-wall stone outside E end of gallery. Two displaced roofstones lie across S gallery side. No indications of surrounding mound. (de Valera and O Nualláin 1982, 16, Co. 21)
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
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)
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.