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court tomb

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noun

Archaeology.

  1. a type of Neolithic trapezoidal burial mound having a semicircular forecourt at one end and bounded by large standing stones, common in the British Isles.

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An earlier study had identified a Neolithic father–daughter pair at Primrose Grange court tomb, County Sligo, in northwest Ireland4.

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