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CAIRN; STANDING STONE: THE GREY ROCK or GRAY ROCK or CARN-NA-H-UAIGHE in Carnahagh

CAIRN; STANDING STONE: THE GREY ROCK or GRAY ROCK or CARN-NA-H-UAIGHE

What is recorded here

Carn-NA-H-UAIGHE in Carnahagh, County Antrim, is a prehistoric cairn and standing stone still named the Grey Rock or Gray Rock. It stands as a marker from before written history, when people placed stones to remember, worship or guide others through uncertain land. The rock may have watched herds pass, marked a boundary or held a dead person’s name safe long after the speaker vanished.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CAIRN; STANDING STONE: THE GREY ROCK or GRAY ROCK or CARN-NA-H-UAIGHE. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

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