What is recorded here

Meadow, and the tomb is a low ridge of broken stone beneath the grass. The chamber is small enough for one person to lie across, but the roofstone still bridges the gap between the side slabs. A child could crawl through the western opening and touch the back wall, perhaps seeing the same dark space that attracted people when the land was new. The bog has taken the mound and buried the purpose, leaving only the geometry of the chamber to prove that someone shaped the hill rather than merely surviving it.

On bog-covered shoulder on lower S-facing slope of Knockaughna, close to scarp of outcropping rock. Chamber (L 2.2m; Wth 1.3m at W end, 0.85m at E) open to SW, covered to E by single roofstone., N and S sides each formed of one slab decreasing in height from W->E; inset backstone at E end, backed to E by parallel slab of equal width and height. Small buttress-stone stands at E end S side; prostrate slab to W of chamber may be displaced roofstone. Traces of mound to N of chamber. (O Nualláin 1989, 136) 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

Wedge tomb, dating to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age (c. 2500–1000 BCE). Its construction reflects a regional tradition of megalithic tomb building in Ireland, with a characteristic narrowing chamber and use of a single large roofstone.

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