What is recorded here

Portal tomb in Moytirra West is a portal tomb in Moytirra West, County Sligo, Ireland. The monument stood on elevated rocky pasture just over 2km E of Lough Arrow and had collapsed by 1888. Two mid-19th century sketches show tall portal-stones and a low backstone supporting a high-pitched roofstone, with one side formed by a single stone. Large stones, some partly obscured by a field fence, remain at the site.

The monument, which stood on elevated rocky pasture just over 2km E of Lough Arrow, had collapsed by 1888 (Wood-Martin 1883-4, 461, no. 21; 1888, 182-3, no. 21). Two mid-19th century sketches of the tomb reproduced by Borlase (1897, 186-7) show a portal tomb with tall portal-stones and a low backstone supporting a high-pitched roofstone. The side of the structure clearly visible in the sketches is formed by a single stone. A number of large stones, some of them partly obscured by a field fence, are still at the site. (Ó Nualláin 1989, 68-9, no. 110) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008 See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989)

Portal tomb, dating to the Neolithic period. Its location near Lough Arrow suggests it may be part of a broader ritual landscape associated with early farming communities in the region.

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