Type of chamber tomb found in Ireland and Scotland
Creevykeel Court Tomb.
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 built in Ireland and over 100 in southwest Scotland. The Neolithic (New Stone Age) monuments are identified by an uncovered courtyard connected to one or more roofed and partitioned burial chambers. Many monuments were built in multiple phases in both Ireland and Scotland and later re-used in the Early Bronze Age.
The courtcairn 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...
Cummeen CourtCairn is a courtcairn and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland. Cummeen CourtCairn is located 3 km (1.9 mi) west of Sligo...
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...
Aghaderrard Court Tomb is a courtcairn and national monument located in County Leitrim, Ireland. Aghaderrard Court Tomb is located south of Lough Melvin...
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...
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...
5°38′47″W / 54.3288°N 5.6463°W / 54.3288; -5.6463 Ballyalton CourtCairn is a single court grave situated on a rock outcrop by the roadside 0.5 miles from...
Rosdoagh Stone Circle is a courtcairn and National Monument located in County Mayo, Ireland. Rosdoagh Court Tomb is located 700 m (2,300 ft) southwest...
cairn is a burial monument, usually constructed during the Neolithic, consisting of a sizeable (usually stone) chamber around and over which a cairn of...
Magheraghanrush Court Tomb is a courtcairn and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland. Magheraghanrush Court Tomb is located 6 km (3.7 mi)...
Gortnaleck Court Tomb is a courtcairn and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland. Gortnaleck Court Tomb is located in a small field on a deserted...
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...
Rockmarshall Court Tomb is a courtcairn and National Monument located on the Cooley Peninsula, Ireland. Rockmarshall Court Tomb is located immediately...
Cloghanmore is a megalithic chamber tomb of the court tomb (or courtcairn) type located about 8 km east from Carrick in Malin More, Glencolmcille, in...
Carbad More is a double courtcairn and National Monument located in County Mayo, Ireland. Carbad More is located 3.6 km (2.2 mi) northwest of Killala...
East Court Tomb, commonly called the Giant's Grave, is a courtcairn and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland. Moytirra East court tomb...
Carrowreagh Court Tomb is a courtcairn and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland. Carrowreagh Court Tomb is located 3.9 km (2.4 mi) northwest...
in Northwestern Europe, particularly Ireland, include passage graves, courtcairn, and menhir. All these types of tomb were built from large slabs of rock...
Lowick, and Bridlington. A single example was found in Norway in a medieval cairn. Recent theory is that the Norway example was carried home by a Viking from...
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