What is recorded here
Carnan-na-Calliagh is a prehistoric cairn in Torglass, County Antrim, now reduced to a memoir point rather than a visible pile of stones. The name suggests women or girls in the local tongue, perhaps lovers, workers, or warnings carried across the field. Whatever disappeared, the land kept the shape of the loss long enough for people to mark it and remember the women it contained.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CAIRN: CARNAN-NA-CALLIAGH (O.S. memoir site; unlocated). Recorded period: PREHISTORIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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A.P. SITE; possible enclosure in KnockbrackA.P. SITE; possible enclosure · 1063 yd
Murlough CottageHouse · 1103 yd
FairheadCliff · 1.2 mi
Fairhead - FarrangandooCliff · 1.8 mi
CarnanmoreMountain / peak · 2.2 mi
Torr HeadViewpoint · 2.6 mi
Ballypatrick ForestForest · 3.2 mi
CASTLE (O.S. memoir site; unlocated) in LossetCASTLE (O.S. memoir site; unlocated) · 3.5 mi