What is recorded here
No visible monument remains in Cloondaff, County Mayo. The court tomb is lost beneath the ground or scattered beyond recognition. Whatever hands placed those stones, and whatever bodies entered the chamber, the earth has taken back the shape. Only the absence is certain now.
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: 6 January 2012
Court tomb, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). This type of tomb is significant as an early communal burial structure, reflecting the social and ritual practices of prehistoric communities 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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