What is recorded here
Located on a level terrace on the lower S facing slopes of Red Hill in rough pasture broken by limestone bedrock. This is an oblong cairn (14.40m NW-SE by c. 33m NE-SW) with remains of chamber represented by two upright slabs (apparently jambs) and at least one roofstone and some possible corbelling.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 22 May 2013
Court tomb, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 4000–2500 BCE). It is significant as part of a broader tradition of ceremonial and funerary architecture in the Irish landscape, reflecting early communal burial practices.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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