The structures date back more than 6,000 years to when new settlers arrived and brought with them farming skills, meaning people could live for longer in one place and invest in larger, more permanent structures, such as tombs.
A Neolithic tomb that predates the pyramids of Ancient Egypt has been put on permanent display at a museum in Northern Ireland.The Ballintaggart Court Tomb is a series of upright stones with a semicircular courtyard shape at the entrance to the burial chambers where human remains would have been left and is one of about 400 of its type on the island.
It was dug up from its original location in 1966 after being put at risk from the expansion of a nearby quarry and taken to Ulster Museum. Now the stones have been rehomed at Ulster Folk Museum where the structure has been recreated outside the attraction with the use of 3D modelling. Dr Greer Ramsey, curator of archaeology at National Museums NI, said the large structures became more popular in the country as ancient people created permanent settlements.
"Court tombs take their name from a semicircular arc of upright stones marking the entrance to the burial chambers," he said.
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