What is recorded here

Megalithic tomb in Slievemore stands at Annagh Strand, County Mayo, where a tall gable-shaped stone and smaller companions mark the last visible trace of an unclassified chamber. The ruined hut beside it and the uncertain line of small stones suggest people kept returning to this steep shore, perhaps to bury the dead or build a pen around the old bones.

Situated close to the shore at Annagh Strand at the foot of a steep N facing slope. The remains stand immediately N of a ruined hut and are represented by a tall, gable-shaped stone (2m H) aligned E-W with two other stones (0.8m H) set immediately to the N of its W end. There is a further large stone exposed to the N and it may be a possible prostrate slab. A line of small stones immediately E of the monument may represent an attempt to convert it to a pen or other structure. The monument cannot be classified with certainty in its present condition but interpretation of the remains as the last vestiges of a megalithic tomb would not be inconsistent with the evidence. Although the gable-shaped stone suggests affinities with the portal tomb class (MacDonald 1990, 7), the tomb must remain unclassified pending further investigation. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 9 May 2016

Neolithic passage tomb, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. It is part of a significant cluster of megalithic monuments on the Dingle Peninsula, reflecting early ceremonial and funerary practices in western Ireland.

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