What is recorded here
CAIRN in Ballyalbanagh, County Antrim, is a Bronze Age site where human hands may have stacked stone to mark a boundary, a death or a gift to the rain. The stones have no writing, but they keep the shape of intention: something was placed there on purpose, and the land has held it ever since.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CAIRN. Recorded period: BRONZE AGE; UNCERTAIN. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Bronze Age cairn; its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of burial and ritual practices in early Irish society.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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