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COURT TOMB in Lisnahay South

COURT TOMB

What is recorded here

Court tomb in Lisnahay South, County Antrim: a Neolithic chamber tomb, scheduled and ancient beyond memory. People may have carried dead through fields now lost, laying bones beneath stones built with patience and grief. The chamber still holds that patience, waiting for hands brave enough to listen.
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, Neolithic period. These tombs are significant as early ritual and burial structures, reflecting communal practices and social organisation in Neolithic Ireland.

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

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Recorded monument

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