What is recorded here
Megalithic tomb in Tervillin, County Antrim, possibly a wedge tomb, dates to the Neolithic period and still stands scheduled under protection. Whether its stones formed a true chamber or a tapering wedge, the structure served the dead and marked the land long before written memory. People may have gathered there to bury kin, honour ancestors or watch the sky move above stone.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MEGALITHIC TOMB (possibly WEDGE TOMB). Recorded period: PREHISTORIC; NEOLITHIC. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Wedge tomb, dating to the Neolithic period. It represents an important example of prehistoric funerary architecture in the region.
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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