What is recorded here
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MOUND: (possibly) BARROW WITH EXPOSED CIST. 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.
Possible Bronze Age barrow with an exposed cist; such tombs are significant for their role in burial and ritual practices in prehistoric Northern Ireland.
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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