What is recorded here
Court tomb in Castlegal (carbury By., Glencar Ed) is a court tomb in Castlegal (carbury By., Glencar Ed), County Sligo, Ireland. It is a megalithic tomb recorded in Seán Ó Nualláin’s Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland, Volume V, County Sligo, published by the Stationery Office in Dublin in 1989.
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. 3800–2500 BCE). These tombs are significant as some of the earliest monumental expressions of social and ritual activity in 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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