What is recorded here
Court tomb in Cummeen is a court tomb in Cummeen, County Sligo, Ireland. It stands as a National Monument under state ownership and appears in Seán Ó Nualláin’s survey of Sligo megaliths. The site preserves an ancient chambered tomb within the county’s archaeological heritage.
See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989).
This court tomb is a National Monument in state ownership (no. 433).
Date of upload: 9 January 2012
Court tomb, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). These tombs are significant as some of the earliest communal burial monuments in Ireland, reflecting early social organisation and ritual practices.
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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