PORTAL TOMB: THE CRAWTREE STONE in Kilkeel — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Kilkeel holds a Neolithic portal tomb where ancient hands shaped stone into a chamber for the dead. The Crawtree Stone remains scheduled and visible, prompting wonder about the people who built it and the ceremonies they performed beneath open sky.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as PORTAL TOMB: THE CRAWTREE STONE. Recorded period: NEOLITHIC; PREHISTORIC. 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. The Crawtree Stone is a scheduled monument, indicating its archaeological importance as a surviving example of early megalithic architecture in the region.

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