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Court tomb in Carrowleagh

Court tomb

What is recorded here

See linked document (MA031-034----_01.pdf) with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume II. County Mayo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1964) Attached images: MA031-034----_01.JPG opening to gallery viewed from E MA031-034----_02.JPG interior of gallery looking towards the backstone MA031-034----_03.JPG outline of cairn, marked by grass and dry fern litter Date of revised upload: 5 June 2015
Court tomb, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). These tombs are significant as some of the earliest monumental burial structures in Ireland, reflecting early communal burial practices and social organisation.

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