What is recorded here

Rockmarshall holds a Neolithic court tomb from around 4000 BCE, its broad northeast courtyard still drawing an arc that invited people into ritual before they entered the dead chamber. The gallery narrows toward the southwest, divided by inset jambs into chambers that felt less like a grave box and more like a breathing passage. Its doubled southern entrance stone makes the threshold appear deliberate, as if crossing required warning, strength or remembrance.

Limestone end panel of a box tomb similar in shape and size to the remains of the Fagan one ( LH024-041099-). It depicts in relief a Resurrection scene and has the upper right-hand corner missing (CLAJ 1953, 34). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (entry 958) (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 21 June 2013

Chest tomb, likely medieval in date. Its significance lies in the carved Resurrection scene, indicating Christian funerary art and possible ecclesiastical association.

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