What is recorded here

Loughananka stands in Ballynahatten as a prehistoric portal tomb, its stones aligned to mark death and memory long before written records. People may have gathered there to feed the dead, watch storms, or hide from change. The tomb still holds that purpose, waiting for human life to remember what it preserved.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as PORTAL TOMB: LOUGHANANKA. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Portal dolmen; Neolithic period. This tomb represents an early form of megalithic monument used for communal burial and ceremonial purposes.

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