What is recorded here

Wedge tomb in Youngfield stands on the upper south slope of Baurearagh Mountain, overlooking the Glengarriff River and harbour. Its narrow gallery stretches east to west beneath a massive roofstone, while grass hides the remains of an ancient mound at the eastern end. People may have placed the dead there because the view reached the sea, giving even death a direction toward home.

In rough pasture, on the upper S-facing slope of Baurearagh Mountain with fine views over the valley of the Glengarriff River and harbour to the SE. The remains consist of a gallery (L 3.4m; Wth 1m at centre, narrowing to 0.9m at E), aligned E-W, represented by three sidestones to the N, the backstone at E and a single slab marking the E component of the S side. A prostrate slab lying at the W end of the gallery may be the W fallen sidestone or, more likely, a displaced roofstone.The greater part of the E section of the gallery is covered by a roofstone (2.25m x 1.3m; T 0.25m). Two outer-wall stones stand to the N of the gallery. Remains of a grass-covered mound are visible at the E end of the monument. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Wedge tomb, dating to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age (c. 2500–1000 BCE). Its location and orientation suggest it was part of a broader funerary and ritual landscape associated with early farming communities in the region.

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