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MEGALITHIC TOMB: GIANT'S GRAVE & CAIRNS in Slaghtfreeden

MEGALITHIC TOMB: GIANT'S GRAVE & CAIRNS

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MEGALITHIC TOMB: GIANT'S GRAVE & CAIRNS in Slaghtfreeden is a megalithic tomb: giant's grave & cairns in Slaghtfreeden, County Tyrone, Ireland. Maybe its exact date, purpose and surviving form will remain uncertain.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MEGALITHIC TOMB: GIANT'S GRAVE & CAIRNS. Recorded period: NEO/B.A.; 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 and cairns; dates to the prehistoric period, around 4000–2500 BCE. It is significant as part of a broader megalithic tradition in Northern Ireland, reflecting early communal burial practices and ceremonial landscape use.

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