What is recorded here
Fortified outcrop and man-made underground passage: Dunshammer. Feigh alias Dunseverick. County Antrim, Ireland. Uncertain period, possibly early Christian. A rock chamber cut into living stone, maybe a hideaway, maybe a worship place, maybe both. The kind of hole people dig when they want to disappear but keep the shape of the world.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as FORTIFIED OUTCROP & Man-made underground passage: DUNSHAMMER. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN; 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.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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