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Passage grave



[simple passage tomb in Carrowmore] near [[Sligo in Ireland]]A Passage grave (sometimes hyphenated) or Passage tomb is a tomb, usually dating to the Neolithic, where the burial chamber is reached along a distinct, and usually low, passage. Some variants have sub-chambers leading off from the main burial chamber, called Cruciform passage graves.



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