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On gentle S-facing slope of River Lee valley in N foothills of Shehy Mountains. Comprises long gallery (L c. 4.7m; Wth 0.5m at E end, widening to W) aligned ESE-WNW, represented by four stones to N and at least three stones to S; row of six buttress-stones along N side terminating in façade stone at W end. Gallery decreases in height from W to E; two overlapping roofstones cover E end. (de Valera and O Nualláin 1982, 18-9, Co. 25)
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)
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