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Megalithic tomb in Lissaniska West

Megalithic tomb

What is recorded here

No chamber in Lissaniska West is recorded, though a tomb once stood there. The land may have swallowed the stones or men may have taken them for walls and roads. What is certain is that the place was marked for death before it was forgotten.
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: 3 January 2012
Portal dolmen; dates to the Neolithic period, approximately 3500–2500 BCE. This tomb type is significant as part of Ireland's megalithic tradition, reflecting early communal burial practices and stone construction techniques.

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