What is recorded here
Browndod holds a Neolithic court tomb where ancient hands shaped stone long before written memory. The chamber still stands scheduled and visible, inviting people to imagine the dead it kept and the living who tended it. Its simple geometry crosses centuries, preserving a moment when human life first learned to build permanence for loss.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as COURT TOMB. 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 in Browndod is a Neolithic funerary monument, typically dating to between 3500 and 2500 BCE. Its significance lies in its association with early ceremonial and burial practices in the prehistoric landscape of Northern Ireland.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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