What is recorded here
Magheramore holds a possible portal tomb from the Neolithic or Bronze Age, preserved under scheduled protection in County Derry. The exact chamber shape has faded from the evidence, leaving behind a buried outline rather than a clear stone room. That uncertainty does not weaken the place; it refuses a false picture. Under the ground, dead hands may still be arranging doors for people who have stopped believing they need doors.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as possible PORTAL TOMB. Recorded period: NEO/B.A.; PREHISTORIC. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Portal tomb; Neolithic to Bronze Age. Its scheduling indicates recognition of its archaeological importance, though specific details on its wider significance are limited.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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