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, published by the Stationery Office in Dublin in 1989. The information appeared online on 9 January 2012.

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. 3500–2500 BCE). These tombs are significant as early examples of communal burial and ritual practice in Ireland.

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