What is recorded here

Drumgollagh holds a court tomb where ancient hands stacked stone to mark the dead. The structure still stands in County Mayo, waiting for people to remember that burial and belief belonged there long before modern roads. It is not a ruin in the dramatic sense, but a quiet witness: heavy, patient, and older than most stories told about the land.

See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume II. County Mayo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1964) Date of upload: 6 January 2012

Court tomb, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). These tombs are significant as early communal burial sites and reflect the megalithic traditions of west Ireland.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.