What is recorded here
Glenulra holds a court tomb where ancient hands arranged stone long before written memory. The structure still stands in County Mayo, waiting for people to notice the patience buried in its shape.
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: 30 December 2011
Court tomb, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). These tombs are significant as some of the earliest ceremonial and burial structures in Ireland, reflecting early communal 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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