What is recorded here

Megalithic monuments is a megalithic structure in Primrosegrange, County Sligo, Ireland. The rectangular monument measures about 10 by 3 meters, uses limestone slabs and boulders, and contains a limestone flooring. It is partly destroyed and included in a possibly later field-wall system. Rich oyster-shells appeared during the 1996 excavation, but no human bones emerged.

This monument was excavated (license no. 95E021) in 1996 under the direction of G. Burenhult (1996, 33; SMR file) who records that the ‘monument is partly destroyed, and has been included in the possibly later constructed field-wall system. It has a rectangular shape, built of limestone slabs and boulders, and measures about 10 by 3 meters. In the part excavated, the remains of a limestone flooring was found. No remains of interred human bones were found. Five samples of charcoal for radiocarbon dating were collected. None have as yet been dated. Rich quantities of oyster-shells were found. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 10 October 2013

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