What is recorded here

Craigban holds a Neolithic court tomb where ancient hands shaped stone long before written memory. The chamber still stands in County Antrim, marked as scheduled and separate from ordinary soil. People may have gathered there to feed the dead, watch storms or bind living families to forgotten ancestors.

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 Craigban is a Neolithic funerary monument, typically characterized by a rectangular chamber with a forecourt, dating to the earlier part of the Neolithic period in Ireland. Its scheduled protection status highlights its importance in understanding prehistoric burial practices in the region.

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