What is recorded here

Burial in Breeoge is a burial in Breeoge, County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies a rise above Ballysadare Bay and Knocknarea. Wood-Martin recorded that a tenant digging near the inner vallum found uncalcined human bones, animal teeth and crustacean shells close to the surface. He stated there was no indication of a burial or midden.

Located on a rise in flat to undulating ground with views over Ballysadare Bay and Knocknarea. According to Wood-Martin a 'tenant, in order to repair a fallen fence, made some excavations on the northern periphery of the inner vallum, inside, outside, and under which he discovered a quantity of human bones, quite close to the surface, all apparently uncalcined ;with them were teeth of animals, together with shells of various crustacea, fragments of oystershells predominating,'(1887-8, 258). There is no indication of a burial or midden(Wood-Martin 1887-8, 258). Compiled by : Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 13 August

A Neolithic passage tomb; 4th–3rd millennium BCE. Its location offers insights into early ritual landscapes and funerary practices in the northwest of Ireland.

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