What is recorded here

Monavaddra holds a narrow stone chamber on the north slope of Mullaghmearogafin, where doubled sidestones and an inset backstone form a gallery barely large enough for one person to crawl through. The roof has fallen, the entrance faces west, and a separate stone row stands uphill in the forest. People may have placed the dead inside that shallow wedge because the hill itself felt like a living body, but no written account preserves their names or intentions.

In forest clearing between two ridges of outcropping rock high up on the N-facing slope of Mullaghmearogafin. Comprises short gallery (L 1.5m; Wth 0.8m at W, 0.75m at E end) aligned E-W, represented by two sidestones to N and S, and inset backstone at E end. The sidestones are doubled at the W end. Low transversely-set stone at W end of N side may be possible façade feature. Gallery decreases in height from W to E; E end covered by displaced roofstone. Stone row (6524) stands c. 150m uphill to S. (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 location in a prominent upland setting suggests ritual or funerary significance, typical of wedge tombs in the Irish landscape.

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