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CAIRN: THE SWINE CRAES (c.f. Ant 033:022) in Carnstroan

CAIRN: THE SWINE CRAES (c.f. Ant 033:022)

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CAIRN: THE SWINE CRAES (c.f. Ant 033:022) is a scheduled Bronze Age cairn in Carnstroan, County Antrim. The name suggests pigs, movement or a local story about the land, but the facts do not say which. The stones remain marked as a prehistoric place, waiting for a witness willing to imagine the life that built them.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CAIRN: THE SWINE CRAES (c.f. Ant 033:022). Recorded period: BRONZE AGE; PREHISTORIC. Recorded protection: Scheduled. 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 broader prehistoric funerary landscape in Northern Ireland. Its scheduling indicates archaeological importance, though specific details on type or construction remain unrecorded.

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