What is recorded here

In Ballyminstra, a megalithic tomb stands scheduled and unmarked, its stones buried under grass and time. Men may have carried those rocks across the Antrim fields before written history existed, fitting them together to hold death or mark territory. The tomb no longer displays grandeur, but it still resists forgetting because human hands shaped it when the landscape was young.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MEGALITHIC TOMB. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Megalithic tomb, dating to the Neolithic period, typically between 4000 and 2500 BCE. These tombs are significant as early communal burial sites and reflect the sophisticated stone-working skills and social organisation of prehistoric communities in the region.

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