What is recorded here

Antynanum still holds a Neolithic court tomb where ancient hands shaped stone into a chamber for the dead. The court remains a scheduled monument in County Antrim, marking a time when people built lasting forms for what they believed would continue after life. Its stones do not speak with names or dates, but they preserve the shape of human wonder: a room made for memory, left open to the sky.

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

Court tomb in Antynanum; Neolithic period. Court tombs are early megalithic tombs found mainly in Ireland, significant for their architectural complexity and role in Neolithic burial practices.

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