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Giants' Graves is a court tomb of Neolithic date situated near Dungannon in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The monument belongs to the court tomb class of megalithic tombs, a distinctive funerary form prevalent in Ulster and surrounding regions during the fourth millennium BCE. Court tombs are characterised by a forecourt area opening onto a burial chamber or chambers, and Giants' Graves exemplifies this architectural tradition through its arrangement of orthostatic stones. The site represents an important expression of Neolithic communal burial practice and monumental construction in the Irish landscape.
Giants' graves. court tomb is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 15945. View the official record →
Giants' Graves is a court tomb of Neolithic date situated near Dungannon in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 15945.
Giants' graves. 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.
Giants' graves. 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 15945.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Giant's grave. court tomb (0.8 km), Large counterscarp hilltop enclosure - hillfort? (3.2 km), Rath (3.7 km).
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