What is recorded here
Donegore holds a chamber built before written history, when giant stones marked the boundary between the living and the forgotten. The tomb still stands in County Antrim, waiting for the dead to return or the living to remember why they buried someone there.
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 classification as a megalithic tomb indicates a significant prehistoric funerary or ceremonial structure, though specific typology and wider significance remain undetermined.
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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