What is recorded here

Barryroe holds a wedge-shaped chamber cut into a narrow rock terrace, its west opening still exposed while a single roofstone covers the eastern end. The north wall has become a boundary fence, forcing travellers to brush ancient stone before entering ordinary land. People may have placed the dead beneath that shrinking roof when the ridge still belonged to memory rather than ownership.

Situated on a narrow terrace on N-facing slope of ridge of outcropping rock. N side of tomb incorporated in townland boundary fence. Wedge-shaped chamber (L 3.75m; Wth 1.9m at W end, 0.9m at E) is open to WSW. N and S sides decrease in height W->E, each represented by one slab; E end closed by inset backstone. Single roofstone covers E end of chamber. No indications of surrounding mound. (Roberts 1988, Ch. 2, No. 37; 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 wedge-shaped chamber and orientation are characteristic of a regional megalithic tradition in southwest Ireland, reflecting early funerary and ritual practices.

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