What is recorded here

Portal tomb in Camcuill is a portal tomb in Camcuill, County Sligo, Ireland. The tomb appears destroyed or covered by spoil from a northern drain deepened between the 1973 survey and the 1993 inspection.

This tomb appears to have been destroyed or is covered over by spoil from the drain to the N which was deepened sometime between the date of the original survey in 1973 and a subsequent inspection in 1993 (SMR file). (Kytmannow 2008, 140) See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) The attached images were taken in 1973. SL017-021----_01.jpg is a view of the tomb from the north. SL017-021----_02.jpg is a view of the tomb from the east. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 24 January 2014

Portal tomb; likely dates to the Neolithic period. Its significance lies in its typological association with early megalithic funerary traditions in the region.

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