Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Boulder-burial
Caherkirky, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caherkirky
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cromlech (1900)
- Coordinates
- 51.68111, -8.99556
- SMR number
- CO121-018001-
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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 level pasture near the headwaters of the Ihernagh river. Two boulder burials standing 5m apart. Cover stone to W (2.4m x 2.2m; T 1m) rests above three support stones. Upper surface slopes downwards to W. One support stone visible beneath cover-stone (1.7m x 1.3m; T 0.8m) of E monument. Standing stone (CO121-018003-) immediately NE of E boulder burial. (O Nualláin 1978, 92, no. 21; Roberts Ch. 6, no. 20)
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.