
What is recorded here
Cloghtogle is a Neolithic portal tomb in Tamlaght, County Derry, where ancient hands aligned stone long before written memory. It stands scheduled and unyielding, a chamber built for the dead or the forgotten, waiting beneath the sky. The stones do not explain themselves; they simply continue the work of holding shape against time.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as PORTAL TOMB: CLOGHTOGLE. 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.
Portal tomb; Neolithic period. It is a scheduled monument, indicating its archaeological importance as a prehistoric burial and ceremonial site.
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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Photo: Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0