What is recorded here
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as NEOLITHIC HILLTOP CAUSEWAYED ENCLOSURE & OCCUPATION SITE: DONEGORE HILL. Recorded period: NEOLITHIC; PREHISTORIC. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
A Neolithic hilltop causewayed enclosure and occupation site, likely dating to the 4th–3rd millennia BCE, representing early organized settlement and ritual activity. No specific folklore is associated with the site, though its Scheduled status reflects its archaeological significance.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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