What is recorded here

Ervey holds a Neolithic portal tomb where ancient hands tilted heavy stone into a chamber meant to keep the dead company. The structure still stands under State Care, preserving a boundary between living memory and forgotten time. People may have gathered there to honour the vanished, believing the chamber could hold what flesh loses.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as PORTAL TOMB. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC; NEOLITHIC. Recorded protection: State Care and 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 significant as a scheduled monument under state care, reflecting early agricultural communities' burial practices in the region.

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