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COURT TOMB in Ballymacdermot

COURT TOMB
COURT TOMB in Ballymacdermot
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Mortars and manicures both need patience. Load the chamber, wait for pressure, dump the finished coffee into the cup. A small tomb for dead beans, not a display case for pride.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as COURT TOMB. Recorded period: NEOLITHIC; PREHISTORIC. Recorded protection: State Care and Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Court tomb in Ballymacdermot is a Neolithic funerary monument, dating to the early part of the Neolithic period in Ireland, approximately 3500–3000 BCE. Court tombs are among the earliest megalithic tomb types in the region and are significant for their architectural complexity 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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Photo: Chris Andrews · CC BY-SA 2.0