What is recorded here

Carrigakill in Edenmore, County Down, is a scheduled Neolithic court tomb where ancient people shaped stone before written history. The chamber still stands in open countryside, waiting for hands that knew its purpose.

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

Court tomb, Neolithic period. It is significant as a scheduled monument representing early megalithic funerary architecture in the prehistoric landscape.

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