What is recorded here
Just off, to NE of, the summit of Dunmurry Hill (OD 769 feet) and 8m NE of a small enclosure (KD022-001002-), both of which are contained in a hillfort (KD022-001001-). A low (H 1.3m at S-1.9m at N), circular (base diam. 26.4m; surface diam. 8m), grassed over, stoney mound, possibly the remains of a cairn. Two possible hut sites (KD022-001004- and KD022-001005-) lie c. 30m downslope to the SE.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of revised upload: 12 December 2017
A Neolithic passage tomb; its location within a hillfort suggests a ceremonial or ritual significance in the prehistoric landscape.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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