What is recorded here
No visible trace remains in Coogue North, yet the hidden court tomb still belongs to the region’s deepest human memory. It is not a missing feature; it is a dormant marker waiting for recognition.
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Court tomb; Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). These tombs are significant as early ritual and burial sites, representing some of the earliest forms of megalithic architecture in Ireland.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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