What is recorded here

Carnanbane holds a dual court tomb built above an earlier Neolithic occupation site in Ballybriest, County Derry. People lived there first, then shaped death into a formal chamber, layering memory upon memory. The land kept both actions alive, suggesting continuity rather than a single sudden event.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as DUAL COURT TOMB on earlier NEOLITHIC OCCUPATION SITE: CARNANBANE. 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.

Dual court tomb, Neolithic period. Significantly built on an earlier Neolithic occupation site, indicating long-term ceremonial or domestic use of the Carnanbane location.

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