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On small level area on steeply sloping S side Carrigarierk hill. Short wedge-shaped gallery (L 2.4m; Wth 1.2m at W end, 0.8m at E), aligned E-W; ruinous. N and S sides each formed of three stones; single outer-wall stone survives to S. Structure incorporated in mound of irregular outline. (de Valera and O Nuallain 1982, 28, no. 39)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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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