What is recorded here

Portal tomb in Knockanbaun is a portal tomb in Knockanbaun, County Sligo, Ireland. It is a megalithic tomb recorded in Seán Ó Nualláin’s survey of County Sligo. The structure remains part of the ancient landscape in that townland.

See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) Date of upload: 9 January 2012

Portal tomb, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 4000–2500 BCE). These tombs are significant as early examples of megalithic funerary architecture in Ireland, reflecting communal burial practices and early social organisation.

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