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On level area of bog, on saddle between Miskish Mountain and Knockoura. Short wedge-shaped gallery (L 2.9m; Wth 1.9m at W end, 0.9m at E) aligned NE-SW; each side formed by two overlapping slabs; E end closed by inset backstone. Number of small thin slabs, standing on edge, cross W end of gallery. No indications of surrounding mound. (de Valera and O Nualláin 1982, 35, Co. 51)
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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