What is recorded here
That is not a tomb, it is a chamber built for a body large enough to need its own room. The men who raised it did not stack stones like a wall, they shaped a house for death itself. They believed the dead still take shape, still take room, still need a door. Everything ordinary about burial sounds small beside that much faith.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MEGALITHIC TOMB (site of). Recorded period: PREHISTORIC. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Megalithic tomb, likely dating to the Neolithic period. Its scheduling for protection highlights its archaeological importance, though specific details about its form or function remain unrecorded.
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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