What is recorded here

Portal tomb, Loughmoney, County Down. Neolithic hands arranged stone before written memory existed. The chamber still stands, scheduled and visible, waiting for someone to sit inside its dark mouth and listen. What was buried there has stopped being important. The shape is the point.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as PORTAL TOMB: LOUGHMONEY DOLMEN. 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 dolmen, Neolithic period. This tomb is significant as part of the megalithic tradition in Northern Ireland, representing early communal burial practices and stone construction techniques.

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