What is recorded here
Glenulra holds an unclassified megolithic tomb, meaning even the survey leaves its exact form open to imagination. The stones may have marked a burial, a boundary or a place where people gathered before rain. They stood through centuries of forgotten life, witnessing births, deaths and the patience of Mayo skies.
See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume II. County Mayo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1964)
Date of upload: 30 December 2011
Portal dolmen; likely dates to the Neolithic period (c. 4000–2500 BCE). This type of tomb is significant as it reflects early communal burial practices and megalithic construction traditions 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
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