What is recorded here

In Bay, County Antrim, a megalithic tomb holds the kind of weight that makes modern life feel thin. Its stones belong to the prehistoric period, old enough that the people who placed them have no names left behind. They may have laid the rocks beside open water, letting the bay witness what they buried or honoured. The tomb still stands as a quiet claim that human life is not new in this place.

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 Neolithic in date. These tombs are significant as some of the earliest communal burial monuments in the region, reflecting early social organisation and ritual practices.

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