What is recorded here
WEDGE TOMB: GIANTS GRAVE in Windyhill is a wedge tomb: giants grave in Windyhill, County Tyrone, Ireland. Maybe its exact date, purpose and surviving form will remain uncertain.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as WEDGE TOMB: GIANTS GRAVE. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC; NEO/B.A.. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Wedge tomb, dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age. It is part of a class of megalithic tombs significant for their architectural evolution and funerary practices in prehistoric Ireland.
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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