What is recorded here
White stones still mark the grave of a giant in Ballyalbanagh, though no human hand shaped them. They belong to the prehistoric dark, when people laid rocks across death and forgot the names of the dead. The chamber waits beneath soil and moss, unchanged since before writing, before kings, before mercy. What was buried there has stopped being important. The stones keep the shape of the event, not the event itself.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MEGALITHIC TOMB: THE WHITE CAIRN or GIANT'S GRAVE. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Megalithic tomb, dating to the Neolithic period. It is significant as part of the megalithic tradition in Northern Ireland, reflecting early communal burial practices and stone construction techniques.
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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