What is recorded here
DECORATED STANDING STONE is a decorated standing stone (remains of passage tomb: sess kilgreen) in Sess Kilgreen, County Tyrone, Ireland. Maybe its exact date, purpose and surviving form will remain uncertain.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as DECORATED STANDING STONE - remains of PASSAGE TOMB: SESS KILGREEN. 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.
Neolithic passage tomb, dating to the prehistoric period, with a decorated standing stone. It is significant as a rare example of megalithic art and funerary architecture in the region.
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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