What is recorded here
Druids Altar is a megalithic tomb in Cloghboley, County Sligo, Ireland. It remains an unclassified megalithic tomb within the County Sligo region. Seán Ó Nualláin included the site in his survey of the megalithic tombs of Ireland. The structure continues to exist as a stone monument in that locality.
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 dolmen; dates to the Neolithic period, approximately 3500–2500 BCE. It represents an early form of megalithic tomb construction in Ireland and is significant for understanding prehistoric burial practices and social organisation in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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