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COURT TOMB: GIANT'S GRAVE or LONG CAIRN in Ally

COURT TOMB: GIANT'S GRAVE or LONG CAIRN

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COURT TOMB: GIANT'S GRAVE or LONG CAIRN in Ally is a court tomb: giant's grave or long cairn in Ally, 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 or LONG CAIRN. 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 architecture in Atlantic Europe, reflecting early communal burial practices and social organisation.

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