Island, county Cork.

W 603 908 - Sheet 80

Nearest town: Mallow

A fine example of a small wedge-tomb, excavated in 1957, seen from the rear.
The gallery, 6 metres long, and facing typically SW, is a single chamber, bounded by typical double wall of stones.
Parallel to the gallery is the heel- shaped kerb which connects with the flat façade of the tomb.
The thin roof-stones are in situ, and much of the cairn material survives between the gallery and the kerb.

A front view of this fine little tomb (photographed in 1972) showing the elegant façade.
The yellow stick is one metre high.

Ancient and modern, photographed in 2003.

An elevated view of the tomb from the rear photographed in 2003.

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