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.
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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