What is recorded here
Wedge tomb in Breeoge is a wedge tomb in Breeoge, County Sligo, Ireland. It belongs to the megalithic tomb tradition still visible across that part of western Ireland. The chamber and its surrounding stones mark a place where ancient people shaped large rock into a permanent structure. That is why the site remains part of the regional record of prehistoric burial and monument building.
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
Wedge tomb, dating to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age (c. 2500–1000 BCE). Its form reflects a regional evolution from earlier portal dolmens and is significant as part of the megalithic tradition in western Ireland.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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