What is recorded here

In the oldest days, people built a court tomb at Ballyalbanagh. They laid stones in a deliberate shape and left the work behind. Courts appeared across northern Europe, but this one belongs to the edge of the sea and the memory of the county.

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 Ballyalbanagh; Neolithic period. This type of tomb is significant as an early megalithic funerary structure, typically associated with ritual and burial practices of Neolithic communities in Ireland.

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