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MEGALITHIC TOMB in Ballsallagh

MEGALITHIC TOMB

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Megalithic tomb in Ballsallagh, County Antrim, Ireland. Prehistoric period. Huge stones still stand where people buried their dead and marked the land long before written records. The chamber may have held bodies, memories and prayers for generations. People probably gathered there in rain, darkness and season changes, trusting the stones to keep what they loved.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MEGALITHIC TOMB. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Megalithic tomb; likely dates to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. Its significance lies in its representation of prehistoric funerary practices in the region, though specific details remain undocumented.

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