What is recorded here

Mount Sandel in County Derry held a Mesolithic settlement where people lived before writing, before kings, and before most of Ireland stopped being wilderness. The site is scheduled, meaning the state still treats those old stones and soils as worthy of protection. Imagine children running past reeds, adults reading water and weather, and a whole life occurring without leaving a single name behind.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MESOLITHIC SETTLEMENT SITE: MOUNT SANDEL. Recorded period: MESOLITHIC; PREHISTORIC. Recorded protection: Scheduled. 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.