Irish megalithic tombs

Poulnabrone dolmen is an example of a portal tomb in the west of Ireland

Megalithic monuments in Ireland typically represent one of several types of megalithic tombs: court cairns, passage tombs, portal tombs and wedge tombs.[1][2] The remains of over 1,000 such megalithic tombs have been recorded around Ireland.[3]

  1. ^ de Valera, Ruaidhrí; Ó'Nualláin, Seán (1961). Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Dublin: Ordnance Survey (Ireland).
  2. ^ Twohig, Elizabeth Shee (2004). Irish Megalithic Tombs. Shire Archaeology. ISBN 9780747805984.
  3. ^ "The tombs of our ancestors" (PDF). archaeology.ie. 28 January 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2020. There are remains of over 1,000 known megalithic tombs in Ireland