What is recorded here

Yes. There is no way to know which woman, which boy or which old person owns the memory. That uncertainty is not a flaw. It is the shape of the chamber. The chamber is not complete. The missing person is the door. The chamber is not complete without that door. This is not a warning about loss. It is a invitation to remember that completion requires more life, not less.

Within burial ground (CO115-031001-). Rectangular stone aligned N-S (H 1.8m; 0.35m x 0.8m). (O'Brien 1970, 15). 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

Dated to the Bronze Age (c. 2000–500 BCE), this standing stone likely served as a funerary or ritual marker within a burial context. Its alignment and placement suggest a connection to early ceremonial practices or ancestor veneration.

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