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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Barnagowlane West wedge tombCountry: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Cork Type: Wedge Tomb
Nearest Village: Kealkill
Latitude: 51.725966N Longitude: 9.306262W
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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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On low rise in valley bottom about 100m S of Mealagh river. Wedge-shaped gallery (L 2.8m; Wth 1.2m at W end, 0.8m at E) open to SW, represented by two orthostats and fallen sidestone to N, backstone to E; covered by a single roofstone. Three outer-wall stones visible at E end gallery. Remains of mound survive to N and W of monument. (Ó Nualláin 1989, 135).
Myler (1998, 83) records that 'this area has recently been planted with trees and new forestry drains run to within a couple of yards of the tomb. The stones appear to be undamaged but it is in a heavily overgrown state.'
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992).
This wedge tomb is indicated on 1902 Ordnance Survey map as Knockanenaolora, an anglicisation of either Cnocán an Altórach (the hillock of the altar), or Chocán a'Nealora ('hillock of the look-out man').
In the bog to the west of this tomb hüman remains were found and reported to the Royal Irish Constabulary sometime around 1912. The body was found in a turf bank and was dressed in a uniform with buckled shoes. It was later re-interred under a flagstone some distance west of the wedge tomb. There is speculation that this may have been the remains of an informer who came to the area in Fenian times (around 1867), but the identity of this unfortunate person will remain a mystery.
In the boggy hollow just south of the wedge tomb a bed of wattles was previously exposed on a bank of turf. It was 2 feet from the surface and showed up white against the black turf. This feature was believed to have been part of a pathway which once led across the boggy ground.
Text courtesy of David Myler.
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