What is recorded here
CAIRN in Tamybuck, County Antrim, is a Bronze Age burial or boundary marker, though uncertainty still shadows its exact purpose. The stones may have marked a dead person, a field edge, or a gift to the gods. In either case, the cairn turned ordinary ground into a place where humans acknowledged what they did not fully understand.
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 during the Bronze Age in Northern Ireland.
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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