What is recorded here
Two standing stones and a buried tomb still stand in Craig, though no marker exists to prove their location. They belong to the oldest tomb tradition in Ireland, when people stopped wandering for food and began shaping the land with herds and harvests. The stones may have marked a court where the dead were kept beside the living, but without a visible trace they risk becoming fiction. What is certain is that human hands arranged them, and human memory has since let them fade.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MEGALITHIC TOMB; CAIRN; 2 STANDING STONES (O.S. memoir site; unlocated). Recorded period: BRONZE AGE; PREHISTORIC; NEOLITHIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Neolithic megalithic tomb, likely a cairn with two standing stones, dating to the Prehistoric period. Its presence indicates early ritual or burial practices in the Craig area.
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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