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DUAL COURT TOMB: DRUIDS' CIRCLE in Lissan

DUAL COURT TOMB: DRUIDS' CIRCLE

What is recorded here

Two stone chambers face each other across a narrow passage, forming a dual court tomb that men called Druids' Circle before records gave it a number. Built in the Neolithic, it stands scheduled in County Fermanagh, preserving a shape rare enough to suggest ritual rather than mere burial. The symmetry implies exclusion, perhaps one chamber for the living and one for the dead, or two lineages sharing a single ancestor.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as DUAL COURT TOMB: DRUIDS' CIRCLE. 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 court tomb, dating to the early Bronze Age period. It is significant as an example of ceremonial burial architecture associated with prehistoric ritual practices in the region.

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