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Giant's Grave is a wedge tomb located near Dungannon in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. This megalithic monument dates to the Neolithic or Bronze Age period and belongs to the wedge tomb tradition characteristic of Irish prehistoric burial architecture. The site consists of a stone-built burial chamber constructed in the distinctive wedge-shaped form typical of its class, with the structure tapering from a higher entrance towards a lower rear end. Such monuments represent significant evidence of early farming communities in Ireland and their burial practices during the prehistoric period.
Giant's grave. wedge tomb is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 15292. View the official record →
Giant's Grave is a wedge tomb located near Dungannon in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 15292.
Giant's grave. wedge tomb dates from the neo/b.a. period, and is classified as a megalithic tomb. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Giant's grave. wedge 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 15292.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosure (2.4 km), Giant's grave. wedge? tomb (3.6 km), Long cairns, giant's graves. court tomb (3.9 km).
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