What is recorded here
Aughnagurgan holds a Neolithic portal tomb where ancient hands tilted stone across a narrow chamber. The structure still stands as a scheduled monument in County Armagh, preserving the shape of buried ritual long after the builders vanished. People may have gathered there to feed the dead or mark the turning of seasons, trusting the stone to keep what flesh forgets.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as PORTAL TOMB. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC; NEOLITHIC. 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 recognized archaeological importance, though specific details about its wider significance are limited.
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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