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possible MEGALITHIC TOMB: GIANT'S GRAVE in Sheemuldoon

possible MEGALITHIC TOMB: GIANT'S GRAVE

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Possible MEGALITHIC TOMB: GIANT'S GRAVE in Sheemuldoon, County Fermanagh, Ireland. PREHISTORIC people may have built this grave before written history began. The official record calls it possible, leaving room for a giant in local memory and a human hand beneath the stones.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as possible MEGALITHIC TOMB: GIANT'S GRAVE. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Possible megalithic tomb, likely dating to the Neolithic period. The term "Giant's Grave" suggests a local tradition associated with such prehistoric monuments, though its specific archaeological significance remains unrecorded.

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