What is recorded here

Kregkanan is a long prehistoric cairn in Dunnavenny, County Derry. Its stones have sat beside the land since before written memory, marking burial, boundary or prayer in a way no longer spoken plainly. The hill still holds that old shape, waiting for someone to walk past and feel the weight of forgotten life.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as LONG CAIRN: KREGKANAN. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Long cairn; Neolithic period. These tombs are significant as early communal burial monuments, reflecting complex social structures and ritual practices in prehistoric Ireland.

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