Wedge tomb in Cúil Aodha — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

No cabal, no hidden chamber, no missing chamber. A narrow stone gallery, six feet long, cuts the south-facing slope at Cúil Aodha. Three stones on each side, one perhaps at the north end, two more beyond. A fence line survives fifteen metres south, marking the edge of the land before the bog took it. The tomb is not grand. It is exact. Someone measured death in hand-spans and laid it against the sky.

On shoulder of S-facing slope. Comprises gallery (L 1.6m; Wth 1.1m at N, 0.7m at S end) aligned N-S, represented by three sidestones to E and W with inset probable backstone at N end. Two setstones to N may be outer walling. No indications of surrounding mound. Remains of pre-bog fence (CO069-071---) runs along slope some 17m S of tomb. 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 alignment are typical of west Irish wedge tombs, reflecting early funerary and ritual practices in the region.

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