Wedge tomb in Dún Na Manach

Pookauncorrin/Púicín an Chairn: This wedge-tomb is located near the E end of a long mountain ridge, overlooking Minard Bay on the S side of the Dingle peninsula. It commands an extensive outlook across Dingle Bay to the mountains of the Iveragh peninsula. The monument, which stands at the junction of 3 stone fences, is in a good state of preservation but has been modified for use as an animal shelter. It consists of a wedge-shaped gallery incorporated in a mound of stones measuring 8m E-W and 5m N-S. The mound reaches to the level of the roof of the gallery but it is not clear to what extent it represents the original cairn. A stone at the E edge of the mound and a 2nd stone immediately within the perimeter at NW are well set in the ground and may be kerb-stones. The gallery, which at present measures 3.85m in length, decreases in height and width from W to E. It is 1.7m wide and 1.5m high at W and .9m wide and .75m high at E. The backstone is missing but has been replaced by a later stone wall. The entrance at W has also been closed by secondary walling. The N side of the gallery is represented by 4 orthostats. A gap of .9m between the 2 westernmost stones now provides access to the interior but probably originally contained a 5th orthostat. A single stone outside the wall, towards its E end, forms a doubling of the wall here. The S side of the gallery also consists of 4 orthostats. The structure is roofed by 2 slabs, that to W being supported partly by the side walls and partly by the E roof stone. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 34. See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume IV. Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1982) Date of upload: 3 August 2013

Pookauncorrin/Púicín an Chairn: This wedge-tomb is located near the E end of a long mountain ridge, overlooking Minard Bay on the S side of the Dingle peninsula. It commands an extensive outlook across Dingle Bay to the mountains of the Iveragh peninsula. The monument, which stands at the junction of 3 stone fences, is in a good state of preservation but has been modified for use as an animal shelter. It consists…