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CAIRN part of PREHISTORIC LANDSCAPE: BALLYGROLL in Ballygroll

CAIRN part of PREHISTORIC LANDSCAPE: BALLYGROLL

What is recorded here

Cairn and chamber in Ballygroll, County Derry. Bronze Age hands stacked stone here before written memory. The chamber may have held dead bodies, ceremony or both. State care still surrounds the site.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CAIRN part of PREHISTORIC LANDSCAPE: BALLYGROLL. Recorded period: BRONZE AGE; PREHISTORIC. Recorded protection: State Care. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Bronze Age cairn, part of a prehistoric landscape. Its inclusion in state care highlights its archaeological importance, though specific details on construction or use remain undocumented.

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