Wedge tomb in Tooreen (bear By., Kilcaskan Ed) — Report the wrong picture

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On bog-covered SW-facing slope, below saddle of Esk and Barraboy Mountain. Small wedge-shaped chamber (L 1.5m; Wth 1.15m at W end. 0.7m at E) aligned NE-SW; sides each represented by single sidestone. Low thin slab inside base of S side may have been split from sidestone. Slab protruding from bog, resting on N sidestone, may be displaced roofstone. Slight traces of mound to N of chamber. Pre-bog walls and enclosure to SW tomb (Ó Nualláin 1989, 136) No remains of this wedge-tomb could be found during a subsequent visit 27 August 2007 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. 2500–1000 BCE). Its small, wedge-shaped chamber and alignment are typical of regional funerary practices, reflecting local construction techniques and ritual traditions.

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