What is recorded here

Court tombs are ancient burial chambers where people laid their dead beneath large stones. This one in Castletown belongs to that old tradition in County Mayo. It is not a building for living, but a marker for the dead and a reminder that the land held ceremony long before modern roads.

The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

Court tomb; Neolithic period (c. 3700–2500 BCE). These tombs are significant as some of the earliest ceremonial and burial monuments in Ireland, often associated with communal ritual practices.

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