What is recorded here

In Ballynastraid, a possible cairn and megalithic tomb wait beneath grass and memory. Built during the Neolithic, its stones may still mark a place where people gathered to honour the dead or watch the sky. The official record hesitates, using possible instead of certain, yet the land itself remembers shape and purpose. To walk there is to join an old conversation, listening for answers buried under centuries of rain and silence.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as POSSIBLE CAIRN & MEGALITHIC TOMB (O.S. memoir site). Recorded period: PREHISTORIC; NEOLITHIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Neolithic cairn and megalithic tomb; likely dates to the 4th to 3rd millennium BCE. Its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of early funerary and ritual practices in the prehistoric landscape of Northern Ireland.

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