What is recorded here

Couravoughil holds a buried court tomb on the north side of the Owenglin river valley, its stones forgotten under bog and distance. The surviving chamber measures 2.4m by 1m, aligned northwest to southeast, with jambs and a low sillstone hinting that a gallery once continued into the dark earth. A displaced roofstone still rests against the backstone, as if the tomb had shifted rather than broken. People may have placed the dead there before the valley became quiet, then walked away and let the bog take back what it could.

Situated on N side of Owenglin river valley. The remains are almost completely buried in bog. It consists of a chamber (L 2.4m, Wth 1m) aligned NW-SE. Two transversely set jambs flanking a low sillstone probably indicate a continuance of the gallery to NW. A displaced roofstone rests on the backstone at SE. The remains probably represent the rear chamber of a court-tomb. The location of this monument is incorrectly marked on the RMP map (1997). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 9 February 2021

Court tomb, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 4000–2500 BCE). Its alignment and structural features are typical of early megalithic funerary architecture in Ireland, reflecting ritual practices and communal organisation of the time.

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