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Giant's Grave is a court tomb, a form of Neolithic megalithic monument characteristic of the Irish Neolithic period, located near Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Court tombs, which date to approximately 3500–2900 BCE, are distinguished by their open forecourt area flanked by standing stones, which leads into one or more burial chambers constructed from large orthostatic slabs. The monument represents an important example of the communal burial practices and monumental architecture of early farming communities in the north of Ireland during the Neolithic period. As a scheduled monument under the Historic Environment Division's records, Giant's Grave contributes to understanding the distribution, ritual practices, and social organisation of Neolithic populations in Ulster.
Giant's grave. court tomb is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 14897. View the official record →
Giant's Grave is a court tomb, a form of Neolithic megalithic monument characteristic of the Irish Neolithic period, located near Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 14897.
Giant's grave. court tomb dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a megalithic tomb. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Giant's grave. court tomb is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 14897.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cloghanachorite, cloghnachorite. boulder with hollows (0.3 km), Counterscarp rath (0.3 km), Platform rath (0.5 km).
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