What is recorded here
Court tomb in Tully, County Fermanagh: a Neolithic court tomb, scheduled and preserved. People built it before written history, shaping stone into a place where the dead could be remembered. It still stands as evidence that human life once turned this ground into meaning.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as COURT TOMB. 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 in Tully is a Neolithic funerary monument, typically characterized by a rectangular chamber with a lateral entrance passage. Its scheduling for protection highlights its importance in understanding early agricultural and ritual practices in prehistoric Northern 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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