What is recorded here

Half-buried on a steep slope above Lough Glenade, the court tomb in Largy still keeps its shape: an oval cairn, a narrow entrance, and a semicircular court at one end. People built it with limestone and left it facing the water, where rain, grass and time have since smoothed its edges. It is not grand, but it is exact, a small chambered house set into the hill for whoever walked that coast before written memory.

Situated on a steep E-facing slope with limestone outcrop and overlooking Lough Glenade. An oval cairn (dims c. 12m NW-SE; c. 10m NE-SW; H 0.6m) contains a two-chambered gallery (dims 6.67m NW-SE; 2.4m NE-SW) divided by jambstones. The entrance (Wth 0.6m), flanked by limestone uprights, leads to a semicircular orthostatic court (dims 5.85m NE-SW; 1.4m NW-SE) at the SE end of the cairn. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

Court tomb, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). Its two-chambered gallery and orientation indicate a significant ritual or funerary structure associated with early farming communities in the region.

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