What is recorded here
CAIRN stands in Gortfad, County Derry, as a prehistoric human marker. People may have built it to remember a life, claim a boundary or watch the sky. Stone still keeps that purpose even when the name and tool are gone.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CAIRN. Recorded period: 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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