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Passage tomb in Sheegeeragh is a passage tomb in Sheegeeragh, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a gentle south-facing slope where a circular grass-covered area measures twelve metres north-south and eleven point five metres east-west. Most south-side passage stones survive beside two outer orthostat lines aligned northeast-southwest, while another cairn and passage tomb stand within eighty metres.

On a gentle S-facing slope with rock outcrop. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 12m N-S; 11.5m E-W) defined by the stumps of occasional kerbstones. At its S edge there is a passage (dims 3.5m E-W; 1.9-2.05m N-S), of which most of the orthostats (dims 0.2-0.5m x 0.1-0.2m; H c. 0.1-0.3m) of the S side survive. Outside the kerb there are two lines of orthostats (L 4.4m; 3.3m) aligned NE-SW. Cairn (RO028-133---) is 80m to the N, and passage tomb (RO028-135----) is 70m to the S. (Ó Nualláin 1968, 27; Herity 1974, 280, RO 5) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972).

Passage tomb, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). It represents a significant early funerary and ceremonial structure, typical of megalithic traditions in Ireland.

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