What is recorded here
Court tomb in Ballynahowna is a court tomb in Ballynahowna, County Sligo, Ireland. It is a megalithic tomb preserved within the county landscape. Seán Ó Nualláin documented the site in his survey of Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. The structure belongs to the ancient tradition of court tombs still visible across Sligo.
See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989)
Date of upload: 9 January 2012
Court tomb, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 3700–2500 BCE). These tombs are significant as early examples of communal burial and ritual practice in Ireland.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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