Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Boulder-burial
Mill Little, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mill Little
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 51.75295, -9.46382
- SMR number
- CO105-004003-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In flat area of rough pasture c. 50m W of Cooleenlemane river. Two boulder burials and possible third form part of complex which includes five-stone circle (CO105-00404-) and pair of standing stones (CO105-00405-). One stands 2m SW of axial stone; cover-stone (1.5m x 1.3m; T 1.2m) rests on three support stones. Another boulder (1.4m x 0.9m; T 0.9m) 4.5m to S; possible cover-stone of boulder burial; no support stones visible. Two support stones of another boulder burial c. 4.5m to S; displaced cover-stone (1.9m x 1.5m; T 1.3m) lies beside them to S. (O Nualláin 1978, 87, no. 11)
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
Nearby in the register
- Boulder-burialunder 1 mi
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
- Boulder-burialunder 1 mi
- Stone circle - five-stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.