What is recorded here
Carrownaglogh holds a court tomb where ancient hands stacked stone to mark the dead. The structure still stands in County Mayo, waiting for people to imagine the lives it preserved. Its simplicity hides centuries of forgotten ceremony, suggesting that even ordinary fields can contain extraordinary memory.
See linked document 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)
Date of upload: 3 January 2012
Court tomb, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). These tombs are significant as early communal burial sites, reflecting complex social structures and ritual practices in prehistoric Ireland.
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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