What is recorded here
See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989)
This court tomb is a national monument (No. 338) in state care.
Date of upload: 9 January 2012
Court tomb, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 3800–2500 BCE). It is significant as part of a rare and early form of megalithic tomb architecture found primarily in northwestern Ireland.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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Photo: Rob Hurson · CC BY-SA 4.0