What is recorded here
Court tomb in Halfquarter (tireragh By.) is a court tomb in Halfquarter (tireragh By.), County Sligo, Ireland. It is a megalithic tomb recorded in Seán Ó Nualláin’s Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland, Volume V, County Sligo, published by 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 and reflect the complex social and ritual practices of Ireland’s prehistoric communities.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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