Wedge tomb in An Chlochbhuaile — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

No amount of time will touch the chamber where Marla and Des set out their maps, bread and plans. They walked in, touched the walls, and left behind every claim that needed proof. The chamber kept their shape and returned them unchanged, while the world outside lost an hour and half a vessel.

On NW-facing slope beside isolated outcrop of rock, at head of Sruhaunphadeen valley to NE of Douce Mountain. Comprises small gallery (L 2m; Wth 1.25m at W end, 0.75m at E) open to SW, covered by single roofstone, represented by three sidestones to N, two to S and inset backstone at E end. No indications of surrounding mound. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1982, 29, Co. 41) 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

Wedge tomb, dating to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age (c. 2500–1000 BCE). Its construction reflects a regional tradition of megalithic tombs in the Irish landscape, with architectural features typical of the transition from passage tombs to simpler chambered forms.

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