Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Laght (duhallow By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Laght (duhallow By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- CO039-174----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Bowman (1934, 360) recorded 'tumulus' with stone on top on Thomas Barrett's land in Laght wood; 'Circular mound about 3 feet high. The diameter of the mound is 16 feet'; stone ('3ft 3in by 3ft 6in by 7in') on top. Exact location not known. Six stones (CO039-026---, CO039-02701-, CO039-02702-, CO039-028---, CO039-227---, CO039-230---) recorded by Bowman (ibid.) in Laght wood within a radius of 'about 350 yards'.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009