What is recorded here
Dual court tombs are Neolithic burial chambers where dead people were laid to rest and the living gathered to honour them. Giant's Grave in Cavantillycormick belongs to that old Irish tradition of monumental death. Its chambers may have held ancestors, offerings and memory long before written history.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as DUAL COURT TOMB: GIANT'S GRAVE. 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 dual court tomb, dating to the prehistoric period. It is significant as a scheduled monument representing early ceremonial or 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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