What is recorded here

Court tomb in Corhawnagh is a court tomb in Corhawnagh, County Sligo, Ireland. It stands on sloping pasture about 400m north of the steep slopes of Slieveward with an outlook across Ballysadare Bay. The oval mound contains a northeast-facing gallery divided into two chambers, though no court remnants survive. Four sidestones remain on the northerly side, three on the opposite side, and a large backstone closes the end.

On sloping pasture about 400m N of the steep slopes of Slieveward with an outlook across Ballysadare Bay. The tomb is in an oval mound (9.7m NE-SW; max. 6m NW-SE). A NE-facing gallery (L 7m; max. Wth 2.5m) is divided by jambs into two chambers. Only the more northerly entrance jamb survives and there is are no remnants of the court. Four sidestones remain of the more northerly side of the gallery and three of the opposite side and it is closed by a large backstone. (Ó Nualláin 1989, 50, no. 77) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008 See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989)

Court tomb, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). This type of tomb is significant as an early communal burial monument, reflecting complex social organization and ritual practices in prehistoric Ireland.

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