What is recorded here

Marianne and Seamus built the Wedge tomb in Ré Na Ndoirí, fitting thin slabs into a narrow chamber before forcing a heavy stone across the top. They completed the work at dawn, exhausted but proud, then collapsed beside it until hunger returned. The chamber still holds their shapes, not as ghosts but as the last warmth they gave the rock.

In boggy narrow defile between two low ridges of outcropping rock. Comprises small gallery (L c. 1.25m; Wth c. 1m at W, 0.6m at E end) aligned ENE-WSW, represented by single sidestones to N and S, and inset backstone at E end, surrounded by closely-set outer walling; all thin slabs. Gallery decreases in height from W to E. (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 narrow, tapered gallery and positioning in a natural defile suggest a ritual or funerary function typical of west Irish wedge tombs.

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