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Court tomb in Kincuillew is a court tomb in Kincuillew, County Sligo, Ireland. The heather-grown, bog-covered cairn has a trapezoidal outline measuring 37m long, 14.7m wide at the east end and 9m wide at the west end, standing 2m high. Cairn stones appear in two holes in the bog cover, 5m from the west end and 12m further east, where a large displaced stone is jammed upright among them. A shallow U-shaped inturn at the broader end may indicate a buried court.

On the bog-grown southern slopes of the Ox Mountains. A heather-grown, bog-covered cairn of trapezoidal outline (L 37m E-W; Wth 14.7m E end, 9m W end; H 2m). The stones of the cairn are exposed in two holes in the bog cover. One is some 5m from the W end of the cairn and the other is about 12m further to the E. A large displaced stone exposed in the more easterly opening is jammed in an upright position among cairn stones. A shallow U-shaped inturn in the broader end of the mound may indicate the presence of a buried court. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

Court tomb, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). This type of tomb is significant as an early communal burial monument, reflecting complex social organisation and ritual practices in prehistoric Ireland.

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