What is recorded here

Megalithic tomb in Cluid is a megalithic tomb in Cluid, County Sligo, Ireland. The site holds three stones on a low pasture ridge near a rath, with one upright stone and two prostrate stones arranged southward. A local story from 1836 called the feature a Giant's Grave, although no further details survive. The stones may be the last remains of a megalithic tomb or a stone row, so their exact identity remains uncertain.

On a low ridge in pasture c. 20m to W of a rath (SL033-044----). In 1836 this feature is referred to as a 'Giant's Grave' (OSNB, vol. 1, 395) but no details of the site are provided. There are three stones at the site. To the N there is an upright stone (L 0.95m N-S; Wth 0.6m E-W; H 1.4m). The second stone (1.6m x 1.1m; T 0.3m) lies prostrate 1.7m to the S and the third example (2.5m x 0.8m; T 0.55m), also prostrate, is a further 2.3m in the same direction. While it is possible that the stones at the site are the last remains of a megalithic tomb, other interpretations are possible, e.g. a stone row, and so its nature must remain uncertain. 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

Megalithic tomb, likely a portal dolmen, dating to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age. Its association with a nearby rath suggests long-term ritual or territorial significance in the landscape.

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