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In pasture, to N of Castlemartyr to Killeagh road. Low, oval mound (6m N-S; 4m E-W; max. H 0.5m); stones partially exposed in SE quadrant, appear to form three sides of square (1.2m x 1.2m). According to Fitzgerald (1858, 12), farmer, while levelling mound, discovered cist (CO077-008002-) with larger cover stone containing two human skeletons. One of three tumuli in same townland; other two (CO077-00901-; CO077-010---) c. 400m to NE.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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