Wedge tomb in Inchincurka — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Inchincurka holds a narrow wedge tomb beside the Caha river, its gallery shrinking from ninety centimetres to twenty-five centimetres before disappearing into a ten-metre mound. Two roofstones span the chamber while closely set walling and a short slab facade preserve its shape in level pasture. The build suggests people who understood pressure, alignment and death, yet no named hand remains behind the stones.

In level pasture, on N side of basin of Caha river. Narrow wedge-shaped gallery (L 2.8m; Wth 0.9m at W end, 0.25m at E) open to WNW. Covered by two roofstones; surrounded by closely-set outer-walling. At W end, outer walling and gallery sides linked by single slabs, forming a short facade. Incorporated in mound, 10.3m by 4m. (de Valera and O Nualláin 1982, 29-30, no.42) 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. 2500–1500 BCE). Its narrow, tapering gallery and use of closely-set outer-walling are characteristic of wedge tombs found primarily in the west of Ireland, reflecting regional funerary practices of the period.

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