What is recorded here
Melt water and forgotten breath still move through the stones. The cairn stands in Ballyskeagh High as a small marker of human attention, perhaps built during the prehistoric period when people made shape before writing. It is not a grand palace, but a place where memory was kept simple. To touch it is to join that old act of remembering.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CAIRN. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN; PREHISTORIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
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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