What is recorded here

Elagh More holds a Neolithic megolithic tomb where ancient people placed stones over the dead. The structure predates written history in County Derry, marking a time when burial required massive stone work rather than simple earth. Its survival into the modern era preserves a forgotten ritual landscape, waiting for human imagination to complete what fact alone cannot explain.

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

Neolithic megalithic tomb; dates to the prehistoric period. Its classification as a megalithic tomb indicates it is among the earliest known ceremonial or burial structures in the region.

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