What is recorded here
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.
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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