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On level bog-covered platform, on N side Slieveowen Hill. Comprises wedge-shaped gallery (L 3.7m; Wth 1.35m at W, 0.3m at E end) aligned ESE-WNW, represented by four sidestones to N and S. Two buttress-stones stand to S and one to N of gallery sides; three outer-wall stones are exposed beyond E end. Hole at gallery entrance; spoil from this forms low mound to W. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1982, 32-3, Co. 45)
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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