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PORTAL TOMB: DERGMORE'S GRAVE in Drumderg

PORTAL TOMB: DERGMORE'S GRAVE

What is recorded here

Dergmore's grave is a Neolithic portal tomb in Drumderg, County Derry, where ancient people built a chamber for the dead before written history existed. The stones still stand as a scheduled monument, preserving a place where living humans may have gathered to honour lost relatives beneath an open sky.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as PORTAL TOMB: DERGMORE'S GRAVE. 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. Dergmore's Grave is a scheduled monument reflecting early agricultural society in prehistoric Northern Ireland.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

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