Wedge tomb in An Chlochbhuaile

In rough grazing, close to the foot of a W-facing slope in a clearing within a coniferous plantation at the head of Sruhaunphadeen valley on the NE side of Douce Mountain. The wedge-shaped gallery (L 1.95m; Wth 1.12m at W, narrowing to 0.65m at E), aligned WNW-ESE, is closed by a double backstone (H 0.45m) at E. Both the N and S sides are each formed by two uprights with the larger of the two set at the W end; the W end of the S side is broken and appears to represent a detached third stone. Three close-set outer-wall stones flank the N side of the gallery and a single outer-wall stone stands outside the E end of the S side. The E end of the gallery is covered by a roofstone (1.5m x 1m: T 0.15m), sloping to the E. Several portions of a broken slab lie prostrate among the ferns immediately to the W of the entrance and may represent the remnants of the roofstone from the W half of the gallery. Another wedge-tomb (CO093-001----) is c. 150m to the NNE. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 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)

Wedge tomb, dating to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age (c. 2500–1000 BCE). Its wedge-shaped gallery is characteristic of tombs found primarily in the west and midlands of Ireland, reflecting regional funerary practices and megalithic construction traditions.