What is recorded here

Knockane holds a collapsed wedge tomb on a north-facing shoulder above a Cummer tributary, its eastern chamber still exposing sidestones and a backstone beneath a fallen roof. The western end has vanished under field clearance, erasing the entrance where people once stood before the dead. What remains is a broken mouth, half-swallowed by soil and stone, waiting for someone to imagine the last conversation it witnessed.

On level shoulder of N-facing slope in valley of tributary of Cummer River. Comprises collapsed gallery (estimated L 2.5m; Wth c. 1m at E end), partly obscured by field clearance material at W end. Aligned E-W, gallery consists of two N sidestones, one S sidestone and backstone at E end exposed beneath roofstone; S edge of probable second roof stone visible to W. Exposed stone to NW may be outer-wall; three further outer-wall stones at E end of gallery (O Nualláin 1989, 136) 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 alignment and construction reflect a regional tradition of funerary architecture in south-west Ireland.

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