What is recorded here
Court tomb in Gortnahoula is a court tomb in Gortnahoula, County Sligo, Ireland. Seán Ó Nualláin documented the site in Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland, Volume V: County Sligo. The completed study appeared through the Stationery Office in Dublin in 1989.
See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989)
Date of upload: 9 January 2012
Court tomb, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). These tombs are significant as early communal burial sites, reflecting complex social structures and ritual practices in prehistoric Ireland.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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