Court Tomb by Garvagh

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The Garvagh border tomb
Forms of Court Tombs

The Court Tomb of Garvagh (also called Garvagh Pullans ) is located on Carn Road, between the townlands of Meenawogary and Pullyernan , on the summit of Carn Hill , on both sides of the border between Counties Tyrone in Northern Ireland and Donegal in Ireland . Court Tombs are among the megalithic chamber tombs ( English chambered tombs ) of the British Isles . With around 400 specimens, they are found almost exclusively in Ulster in the north of Ireland or in Northern Ireland.

The border is clearly visible. The northern area of ​​the court ( English court ) is in Donegal, the southern and the gallery in Tyrone. The gallery consists of a small anteroom and a chamber. A pair of posts at the back of the chamber shows that there was originally a second chamber. Three stones of the exedra survive on the north and one on the south side of the courtyard. The anteroom is about 1.0 m wide and 1.2 m long. A pair of posts separate it from the preserved chamber, which is about 3.0 m long and 1.6 m wide. A field boundary running through the monument obscures part of the structure and makes it difficult to see the gallery.

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Coordinates: 54 ° 43 ′ 46.2 "  N , 7 ° 41 ′ 21.1"  W.