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MEGALITHIC TOMB in Aghatirourke

MEGALITHIC TOMB

What is recorded here

Megalithic tomb in Aghatirourke, County Fermanagh, Ireland. Prehistoric buried chamber or passage tomb. People moved large stones, cut a chamber and covered it with an earth mound. The dead went underneath, the living walked above, and rain kept the field ordinary.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MEGALITHIC TOMB. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Megalithic tomb; likely dates to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. Its significance lies in its contribution to understanding prehistoric funerary practices and megalithic architecture in the region.

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