What is recorded here
Five thousand years of forgotten life still lie buried beneath the green fields of Bighouse. Stone tools, broken pots and the shadows of ancient fires wait patiently under the soil, preserving a neighborhood that existed before written memory. The land itself becomes an archive when people stop treating grass as empty and begin listening for the hands that shaped it.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as NEOLITHIC SETTLEMENT SITE. 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.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
A.P. SITE; possible enclosure in KnockbrackA.P. SITE; possible enclosure · 421 yd
CROSS (O.S. memoir site; unlocated) in BighouseCROSS (O.S. memoir site; unlocated) · 445 yd
Lime KilnRural Industry · 470 yd
Murlough CottageHouse · 920 yd
FairheadCliff · 1487 yd
Fairhead - Ballycastle Descent Gully WestCliff · 1.5 mi
CarnanmoreMountain / peak · 2.5 mi
Torr HeadViewpoint · 2.8 mi
Ballypatrick ForestForest · 3.6 mi
CASTLE (O.S. memoir site; unlocated) in LossetCASTLE (O.S. memoir site; unlocated) · 3.6 mi