What is recorded here
Annaghmare still holds the Black Castle, a Neolithic court tomb where ancient hands shaped stone long before written memory. The earth may have swallowed its builders, but the chamber remains standing under State Care, waiting for someone honest enough to sit beside it and listen.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as COURT TOMB: THE BLACK CASTLE. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC; NEOLITHIC. Recorded protection: State Care and Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
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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