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Boulder-burial in Currakeal (bear By.)

Boulder-burial
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In rough hill pasture just NE of a saddle separating the townlands of Currakeal and Canrooska with views to Barraboy Mountain and nearby valleys. A flat-topped rectangular cover-stone (1.5m NE-SW; 1.2m NW-SE; H 0.9m) resting on four support-stones augmented by a pad-stone on the N stone. A stone row (146, vol. 1) stands 49m to SW and another stone row (140, vol. 1), a five-stone circle (65, vol. 1) and a cairn (839, vol. 1) are located 95-100m to the NW. 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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