What is recorded here
Court tomb in Tawnatruffaun is a court tomb in Tawnatruffaun, County Sligo, Ireland. Seán Ó Nualláin documented the site in Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo.
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. 3800–2500 BCE). This type of tomb is significant as an early communal burial structure, reflecting complex social organisation and ritual practices in prehistoric Ireland.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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