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COURT TOMB: SKAGLEA CAIRN in Dog Little

COURT TOMB: SKAGLEA CAIRN

What is recorded here

Skaglea Cairn is a Neolithic court tomb in County Fermanagh, Ireland, where ancient people shaped stone into a chamber for the dead. It stands as a scheduled monument, preserving the shape of a world that no longer speaks but still watches. The cairn is not a ruin; it is a completed act of memory, built by hands that understood death as a boundary to be decorated rather than feared.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as COURT TOMB: SKAGLEA 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, Neolithic period. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, indicating its archaeological importance and legal protection.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

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Recorded monument

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