What is recorded here
COURT TOMB: HORNED CAIRN in Gortnagarn is a court tomb: horned cairn in Gortnagarn, County Tyrone, Ireland. Maybe its exact date, purpose and surviving form will remain uncertain.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as COURT TOMB: HORNED CAIRN. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC; NEOLITHIC. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Court tomb: horned cairn, Neolithic period. This type of tomb is significant as an early megalithic funerary structure, often associated with ritual and communal burial practices in prehistoric Ireland.
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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