Wedge tomb in Ballyrisode

On shoulder (now forested) between two ridges of outcropping rock, on SE side Knockaphuca mountain. Badly damaged; comprised gallery (L c. 5m; Wth 0.8m) aligned ESE-WNW. Possible to distinguish outer walling and number of buttress stones to N and S of gallery. Three displaced roofstones partly cover E half. No clear indication or cairn or mound. (Roberts 1988, Ch. 4, No. 24; O Nualláin 1989, 135). 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 alignment and construction reflect typical features of west Cork wedge tombs, part of a regional tradition in the Irish Bronze Age funerary landscape.