What is recorded here

Gortnacart Glebe holds a supposed court tomb where a dozen stones force themselves through living bog, drawing an incomplete oval four metres long. One stone stands a metre high like a broken finger pointing at memory while the others barely whisper above the black water. The true purpose has vanished into the damp earth, leaving behind a shape that may have held dead bodies or marked a boundary for the living.

A supposed court tomb at Upper Gortnacart recte Gortnacart Glebe (L. McGill 1964; P.J. McGill 1970) consists of a setting of around a dozen stones protruding above bog-grown land. These stones describe an incomplete oval measuring 4m N-S by 3m E-W. One of the stones is 1m high, and another is 0.5m high. The rest rise just above the surface. The nature of this ancient feature is uncertain. L. McGill 1964, 63; P.J. McGill 1970, 6. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008

Possible Neolithic court tomb; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 3700–2500 BCE). Its significance lies in its potential as a ceremonial or funerary structure, reflecting early communal burial practices in the region.

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