What is recorded here
Court tomb in Drinaghan (carbury By., Rossinver East Ed) is a court tomb in Drinaghan (carbury By., Rossinver East Ed), County Sligo, Ireland. The entrance to the gallery faces south-east, with low jambs flanked at the west by a tall court stone. Seán Ó Nualláin documented this megalithic structure in his survey of County Sligo tombs.
See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989)
SL006-025002-_01.jpg. A view of the entrance to the gallery from the osuth-east. The ranging rod is positioned between the low entrance jambs which are flanked at the west (left in photo) by a tall court stone.
Revised by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 29 August 2014
Court tomb, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 3800–2500 BCE). These tombs are significant as early ceremonial and burial sites, reflecting complex social structures and funerary practices in prehistoric Ireland.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
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