What is recorded here
PORTAL TOMB: GIANT'S GRAVE in Carncorran Glebe is a portal tomb: giant's grave in Carncorran Glebe, County Tyrone, Ireland. Maybe its exact date, purpose and surviving form will remain uncertain.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as PORTAL TOMB: GIANT'S GRAVE. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC; NEOLITHIC. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Portal tomb, Neolithic period. It is significant as a scheduled ancient monument representing early megalithic funerary practices 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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