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COURT TOMB: GIANT'S GRAVE in Tawnydorragh

COURT TOMB: GIANT'S GRAVE

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Court Tomb: Giant's Grave in Tawnydorragh is a Neolithic court tomb where ancient people shaped stone into a doorway for the dead. It stands scheduled in County Fermanagh, preserving the shape of rituals so old they predate written memory. The chamber still invites imagination, suggesting that grief and wonder once moved through that place with the same urgency as today.
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.
Neolithic court tomb, dating to the earlier part of the Neolithic period in Ireland (c. 3700–2500 BCE). It is significant as part of a distinctive regional funerary tradition associated with ceremonial and communal burial practices.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

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