PORTAL TOMB IN LONG CAIRN WITH CIST: BALLYKEEL DOLMEN in Ballykeel — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Ballykeel Dolmen stands as a Neolithic portal tomb where ancient people placed the dead inside a long cairn and narrow cist. They shaped huge stones into a chamber still visible today, proving that human memory can cut through centuries of soil and silence. The tomb remains under State Care and Scheduled protection in County Armagh, preserving the exact structure those early hands built.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as PORTAL TOMB IN LONG CAIRN WITH CIST: BALLYKEEL DOLMEN. Recorded period: NEOLITHIC; PREHISTORIC. 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 in long cairn with cist, Neolithic period. It is significant as a rare and well-preserved example of megalithic funerary architecture in Northern Ireland.

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