What is recorded here
In pasture. Low dry-stone wall encloses circular area (14m N-S; 12m E-W), containing at least 20 grave markers. Trees grow in interior.
The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 673.
Date of upload: 12 January 2015
Childrens Burial Gd., Gortacurra is a possible Bronze Age burial site, potentially a cist or simple inhumation graves within a circular enclosure. Its significance lies in the indication of early communal burial practices, though its precise type and date require further investigation.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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