<< Our Photo Pages >> Clonleigh Boulder Burial - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in Ireland (Republic of) in Co. Cork
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Clonleigh Boulder BurialCountry: Ireland (Republic of)
NOTE: This site is 3.099 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Co. Cork Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Kinsale
Latitude: 51.693107N Longitude: 8.486199W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Boulder-burials are classified as a large boulder or capstone of megalithic proportions, resting on a number of supporting stones, usually three or four in number, which, in most cases, do not form a recognisable chamber structure. Excavations suggest a Bronze Age date for this burial monument (c. 2400-500 BC). Here a quartz boulder 2.64m x 1.68m and 1.45m tall rests on a support stone to the west and on a bed of smaller stones, a quartz stone lies under the eastern side.
A Standing stone (CO0125-025---) once stood close by. Officially recorded as monument number CO125-010----
In pasture.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994).
The mentioned standing stone CO0125-25 is no longer present (per visit Apil 2021).
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