Wedge tomb in Derreengreanagh,scartbaun — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Knocknaveagh hill drops behind Bantry to reveal a ruined wedge tomb, its narrow chamber aligned east-west beneath a single roof stone. The north slab leans downward like a forgotten gesture, while loose stones scatter around the inset back wall. People may have placed the dead inside this shallow box before burying the landscape in legend, yet no mound remains to mark the effort. The hill keeps the shape while memory retreats, leaving only stone and distance between the living and the lost.

On crest Knocknaveagh hill above Bantry, 350m SW of summit. Ruined chamber (L 1.2m) aligned E-W, covered by single roof stone; N side formed of one slab, decreasing in height W->E; inset back stone at E end. Number of slabs lie in chamber area. No indications of mound. Some doubt about exact nature monument; interpretation as a wedge-tomb not inconsistent with present evidence. (Roberts 1988, Ch. 5, no. 9; Ó 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 orientation and construction reflect a regional tradition in southwest Ireland, with significance as part of a broader funerary and ritual landscape.

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