What is recorded here

Maumnahaltora holds a wedge tomb buried so deep in wet peat that water filled its chamber and hid most of its stones. Two roof edges still break the surface above a sharp chamber where long sidestones and smaller markers lean against the dark. The bog has swallowed the place repeatedly, yet the angle of its chamber remains clear enough to recognise.

This lies about 45m E of tomb 1 and is deeply buried in peat. It is filled with water and was consequently difficult to examine. The edges of 2 roofstones protrude from the peat and beneath these is a sharply wedge-shaped chamber. At the N is a sidestone at least 2.2m long, and set inside the E end of this is a 2nd stone, .5m long. The top of an orthostat, 1.5m long, is exposed on the opposite side of the gallery. The edges of a few more stones are exposed in the gallery area but the function of these is not known. Two stones protrude from the bog beyond the W end of the gallery. Though the monument is largely concealed in the bog the visible remains are sufficient to allow classification as a wedge-tomb. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 35, Tomb 2. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. 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) This monument, subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (No. 5/1970), was removed in 1981. Revised by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 3 October 2016

Wedge tomb; dates to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. Its wedge-shaped plan is characteristic of tombs found primarily in the western and southern parts of Ireland, indicating a regional funerary tradition.

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