What is recorded here
Court tomb in Tanrego West is a court tomb in Tanrego West, County Sligo, Ireland. It is a megalithic tomb recorded in Seán Ó Nualláin’s Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland, Volume V, County Sligo, published by the Stationery Office in Dublin in 1989.
See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989)
Date of upload: 9 January 2012
Court tomb, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 3800–2500 BCE). This type of tomb is significant as an early communal burial structure, reflecting complex social organisation and ritual practices in prehistoric Ireland.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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