What is recorded here

Wedge tomb in Carriganimmy: narrow, partly collapsed gallery (L c. 4.7m; Wth c. 0.6m) aligned WNW-ESE on a W-facing slope above Keel River valley, with outer walling, three roofstones and sidestones lower toward the east. The dug-out chamber and north-south spoil mounds suggest people cut, fitted and covered a small death-house, then left the earth beside it. Half a kilometre northeast another wedge tomb waits, as if the valley remembered more than one burial and the land kept both secrets.

On gentle sloping shoulder of W-facing slope overlooking Keel River valley. Comprises narrow, partly collapsed gallery (L c. 4.7m; Wth c. 0.6m) aligned WNW-ESE, surrounded by outer walling; sidestones decrease in height from W to E. Gallery covered by three roofstones; slab at E end may be displaced roofstone. Gallery area appears to be dug out; mound to N and S may be spoil. Wedge-tomb (6385) 800m to NE. 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 and orientation are typical of west-facing wedge tombs found in Munster, reflecting regional funerary practices and landscape symbolism.

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