What is recorded here

Mammoth stones lean together in Ballygraffan, forming a chambered tomb from the prehistoric era when people still trusted rock to hold death steady. The dolmen remains scheduled, meaning the state still recognises the arrangement as worthy of protection rather than ownership. It is not a showpiece or a modern fantasy; it is a buried room built by hands that never wrote their names.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CHAMBERED TOMB: BALLYGRAFFAN DOLMEN. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Portal dolmen; Neolithic period. It is significant as a scheduled prehistoric monument representing early megalithic funerary architecture in the region.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.