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In rough pasture between two knolls of outcropping rock with occasional rock and boulders protruding from the surface. There are views to the S and SW over undulating pasture to the mouth of Roaringwater Bay. The monument, incorporated in a stone field wall, consists of a gallery (L 2.m; Wth 0.65m at the open NE end), aligned NE-SW. The W end of the monument has collapsed and is obsured by the roofstone and field-clearance material. The S side forms part of the field wall and is represented by three stones that rise in height to the W. Only the E stone of the N side survives and there is no evidence for a backstone. The roofstone (2.2m x at least 1m; T 0.2m) rests on the two opposing sidestones forming the E end of the gallery and slopes downwards to the entrance area where it is covered by field-clearance material. The monument appears to have collapsed in antiquity as there is a layer of peat on top of the roofstone below the field-clearance material.
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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