What is recorded here
Drumadonnell holds a doubtful megalthic tomb, marked only by a question mark in the official record. That hesitation is not evasiveness, but a reminder that large stones resist easy categorisation. They may have marked a burial, a boundary, a ritual gathering place or simply a pile of stones someone stacked because the hillside needed shaping. The PREHISTORIC label does more work than a precise function would, because it keeps the place open to the lives that formed it.
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.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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Drumgooland Presbyterian ChurchChurch · 1425 yd
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Historic Settlement Dechomet in DeehommedHistoric Settlement Dechomet · 1.4 mi
ENCLOSUREENCLOSURE, rath · 1.5 mi
Deehommed MountainMountain / peak · 1.7 mi
The Moat PadWalking route · 2.1 mi
SlievenaboleyMountain / peak · 2.5 mi
The Brontë CentreVisitor information · 2.8 mi
Knockiveagh Picnic SitePicnic place · 4.0 mi
TOWER-HOUSE: RATHFRILAND CASTLE in RossconorTOWER-HOUSE: RATHFRILAND CASTLE · 4.5 mi