What is recorded here
COURT TOMB: GIANT'S GRAVE in Killeter is a court tomb: giant's grave in Killeter, County Tyrone, Ireland. Maybe its exact date, purpose and surviving form will remain uncertain.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as COURT TOMB: GIANT'S GRAVE. Recorded period: NEOLITHIC; PREHISTORIC. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Court tomb, Neolithic period. It is part of a broader tradition of megalithic funerary monuments in Ireland, reflecting early ceremonial and burial practices.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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