What is recorded here

Court tomb in Leean stands in rough pasture on a south-facing shelf in County Leitrim, its long trapezoidal cairn stretching thirty-one metres and widening from five to fifteen metres. Upright stones cluster at the east end, perhaps forming a gallery whose exact shape has blurred under centuries of grass and forgetting. The structure may have marked death, memory or boundary for people who no longer speak, while the stones still hold their strange geometry against the sky.

Located in rough pasture on a shelf of a S-facing slope. A trapezoidal cairn (dims 31m E-W; 5m N-S at W to 15m N-S at E) has some upright stones at the E end which may form a gallery whose precise plan cannot be elucidated. It may be a court tomb. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 60-1) 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 See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972).

Court tomb, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 4000–2500 BCE). Its trapezoidal cairn and possible eastern gallery are characteristic of early megalithic funerary architecture in Ireland, reflecting communal burial practices and ritual significance.

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