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Megalithic tomb in Luggacurren

Megalithic tomb

What is recorded here

Unlocated megalithic tomb described in the History of the Queens County as 'On the marquis of lansdowne's estate at Luggacurran there are the remains of a Cromlech, consisting of five upright pillar-stones over 4 feet in height with a table stone 8 and a half feet in length by 7 feet in width, it being 2 and a half feet in thickness' (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, vol. 1, 58). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Megalithic tomb in Luggacurren is likely a portal dolmen, dating to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age. Its significance lies in representing a rare surviving example of prehistoric funerary architecture in the region.

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