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Court tomb in Sralagagh West

Court tomb

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Sralagagh West holds a court tomb where ancient hands arranged stone before written memory began. The structure still stands in County Mayo, waiting for people to imagine the lives that built it.
See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume II. County Mayo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1964) Date of upload: 30 December 2011
Court tomb, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). These tombs are significant as early communal burial sites and reflect the ritual practices of Ireland's first farming communities.

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