What is recorded here
Griddle-more-na Vean is a court tomb in Caltragh (tireragh By., Rathmacurkey Ed), County Sligo, Ireland. The site appears in Sean O Nuallain's 1989 survey of Sligo megaliths, joining a regional tradition of Neolithic and early Bronze Age stone building. Its unusual name preserves local speech rather than formal mapping, while the broader Caltragh landscape holds many ancient monuments.
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
Portal dolmen; Neolithic period. This tomb type is significant as it represents an early form of megalithic monument associated with communal burial practices in Ireland.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Field boundary in Caltragh (tireragh By., Rathmacurkey Ed)Field boundary · 1.2 mi
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CastleCastle, unclassified · 1.8 mi
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Oghil Housecountry house · 3.4 mi
MeenamaddoMountain / peak · 4.4 mi
Ballynahowna CastleCastle, tower house · 4.5 mi
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Sruffaungarve TopMountain / peak · 5.4 mi
Split RockNamed rock · 6.1 mi
Lough Talt TrailVisitor information · 6.8 mi