What is recorded here

Court tomb in Cornamucklagh AND Falmore is a court tomb in Cornamucklagh AND Falmore, County Roscommon, Ireland. A trapezoidal overgrown cairn on a gentle SW-facing slope has a full court at its E end with 7 stones on the S side and four surviving on the N. Two jambstones 0.6m apart allow access to the gallery, of which only one stone on the N side and two on the S side remain. A local tradition says it was used as a children's burial ground.

On a gentle SW-facing slope. Trapezoidal overgrown cairn (dims 17m E-W; 6m N-S at W to c. 14m N-S at E) with some kerbstones at S and visible in an NE-SW field wall at N. The full court (dims 9m N-S; c. 8m E-W) at its E end consists of 7 stones on the S side and four surviving on the N. Two jambstones 0.6m apart allow access to the gallery (dims c. 5m E-W; 2.15m N-S), of which only one stone on the N side and two on the S side remain. There is a local tradition of its use as a children's burial ground (RO015-042002-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 See attached document with a plan and section of the monument.

Court tomb, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 4000–2500 BCE). Its trapezoidal cairn and court structure reflect an early form of megalithic tomb construction significant in the development of ceremonial and funerary architecture in Ireland.

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