What is recorded here

Crannog in Ballyridley, County Down: a chamber tomb or burial place, not a house or hidden cache. The name itself tells the function. That much is record. What is missing is the life that made the chamber, the hands that cut or carried the stones, the reason this exact ground was chosen for death instead of fields. Crannog is not a vague word. It is a chamber tomb or burial place. The chamber may have held one body or several. The stones may have been cut locally or carried from elsewhere. The gap is not a defect. It is the shape of the place before invention.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CRANNOG. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.. 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.