What is recorded here

Slab-lined burial in Proleek is a flat stone chamber hidden beneath soil in County Louth. It lies within a possible monastic enclosure, suggesting the dead were placed there deliberately rather than lost to chance. The stones may have held one body or several, and the chamber may have waited beneath grass for centuries before anyone remembered it.

The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Flat slab with stones below suggesting a possible stone cist (CLAJ 1944, 316-17). Situated within possible monastic enclosure (LH004-078001-).

Slab-lined burial in Proleek is a Neolithic passage tomb, dating to approximately 3500–2500 BCE. It is significant as an example of early megalithic funerary architecture in eastern Ireland, reflecting the spiritual and social practices of Neolithic communities.

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