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Giants Griddle

Portal tomb

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Giants Griddle is a portal tomb in Tawnatruffaun, County Sligo, Ireland. The site belongs to the Neolithic megalithic tomb tradition that shaped the Irish landscape five to six thousand years ago. Communities across the island raised these elaborate stone monuments for the burial and commemoration of their dead.
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
Portal dolmen; dates to the Neolithic period. It is part of a broader megalithic tradition in western Ireland, reflecting early communal burial practices and stone construction techniques.

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