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 Scot
Creevykeel Court Tomb.
Various forms of court tombs.
Audsleystown, County Down, Ireland
Dual court tomb, Aghanaglack, Northern Ireland.
A chambered cairn is a burial monument, usually constructed during the Neolithic, consisting of a sizeable chamber around and over which a cairn of stones was constructed. Some chambered cairns are al
Court cairn
…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…
Cairnholy II – a chambered cairn near Newton Stewart.
Entrance to Unstan Chambered Cairn, Orkney