The court cairn or court tomb is a megalithic type of chambered cairn or gallery grave. During the period, 3900–3500 BC, more than 390 court cairns were...
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Cummeen Court Cairn is a court cairn and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland. Cummeen Court Cairn is located 3 km (1.9 mi) west of Sligo...
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A cairn is a human-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound. The word cairn comes from the Scottish...
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5°38′47″W / 54.3288°N 5.6463°W / 54.3288; -5.6463 Ballyalton Court Cairn is a single court grave situated on a rock outcrop by the roadside 0.5 miles from...
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usually located at the wide end of the cairn. In dual-court tombs a court and a gallery are placed at each end of the cairn, as in Audleystown and Cohaw. In...
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cairn is a burial monument, usually constructed during the Neolithic, consisting of a sizeable (usually stone) chamber around and over which a cairn of...
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Rosdoagh Stone Circle is a court cairn and National Monument located in County Mayo, Ireland. Rosdoagh Court Tomb is located 700 m (2,300 ft) southwest...
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The Clava cairn is a type of Bronze Age circular chamber tomb cairn, named after the group of three cairns at Balnuaran of Clava, to the east of Inverness...
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Aghaderrard Court Tomb is a court cairn and national monument located in County Leitrim, Ireland. Aghaderrard Court Tomb is located south of Lough Melvin...
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Gortnaleck Court Tomb is a court cairn and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland. Gortnaleck Court Tomb is located in a small field on a deserted...
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East Court Tomb, commonly called the Giant's Grave, is a court cairn and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland. Moytirra East court tomb...
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over the world. When a passage grave is covered in stone, it is a type of cairn. The building of passage graves was normally carried out with megaliths...
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discovered there. A stone cairn lies over the burial chambers, with some examples having a cup-shaped entrance similar to the court cairn tombs of Ireland. There...
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Magheraghanrush Court Tomb is a court cairn and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland. Magheraghanrush Court Tomb is located 6 km (3.7 mi)...
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Rockmarshall Court Tomb is a court cairn and National Monument located on the Cooley Peninsula, Ireland. Rockmarshall Court Tomb is located immediately...
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Carrowreagh Court Tomb is a court cairn and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland. Carrowreagh Court Tomb is located 3.9 km (2.4 mi) northwest...
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Cairnbaine, also called Tiredigan Court Tomb, is a court cairn and National Monument in County Monaghan, Ireland. Cairnbaine is located 2.9 km (1.8 mi)...
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revealed a trapezoidal cairn 28.5 meters long, 10.5 meters wide at the court and 6.5 meters wide at the western end. The cairn is bounded by a wall constructed...
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sites Chamber tomb Cotswold-Severn Cist Dartmoor kistvaens Clava cairn Court cairn Cremation Dolmen Great dolmen Funeral pyre Gallery grave transepted...
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monuments, perhaps under a cairn or a long barrow. Several cists are sometimes found close together within the same cairn or barrow. Often ornaments have...
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the cairn. The stones used to construct the monument are a hard local sandstone with a bluish tint. The cairn encloses an oval-shaped full court 15 by...
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that has been known for generations as "Oisín's Grave". The megalithic court cairn is located on a hillside in Lubitavish, near the Glenann River, outside...
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sites Chamber tomb Cotswold-Severn Cist Dartmoor kistvaens Clava cairn Court cairn Cremation Dolmen Great dolmen Funeral pyre Gallery grave transepted...
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Carbad More is a double court cairn and National Monument located in County Mayo, Ireland. Carbad More is located 3.6 km (2.2 mi) northwest of Killala...
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sites Chamber tomb Cotswold-Severn Cist Dartmoor kistvaens Clava cairn Court cairn Cremation Dolmen Great dolmen Funeral pyre Gallery grave transepted...
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sites Chamber tomb Cotswold-Severn Cist Dartmoor kistvaens Clava cairn Court cairn Cremation Dolmen Great dolmen Funeral pyre Gallery grave transepted...
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may be covered with an earthen mound (or "tumulus") or rock mound (or "cairn"). Archeologist T. Douglas Price argues that the gallery grave was a form...
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sites Chamber tomb Cotswold-Severn Cist Dartmoor kistvaens Clava cairn Court cairn Cremation Dolmen Great dolmen Funeral pyre Gallery grave transepted...
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in Northwestern Europe, particularly Ireland, include passage graves, court cairn, and menhir. All these types of tomb were built from large slabs of rock...
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sites Chamber tomb Cotswold-Severn Cist Dartmoor kistvaens Clava cairn Court cairn Cremation Dolmen Great dolmen Funeral pyre Gallery grave transepted...
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