What is recorded here
Wedge tomb in Kilsellagh is a wedge tomb in Kilsellagh, County Sligo, Ireland. It stands as a megalithic tomb within the county, joining the ancient stone structures that Seán Ó Nualláin recorded across the region. The site belongs to the broader landscape of Sligo, where wedge tombs mark the depth of human presence long before written history.
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
Wedge tomb; dates to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age (c. 2500–1000 BCE). This type of tomb is characteristic of western Ireland and reflects evolving funerary practices during the transition from megalithic to smaller communal burial structures.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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