What is recorded here
Five adult skeletons burned and buried in a narrow roofed passage behind an open stone court, making Dooey's Cairn the only known court tomb in Ireland with a cremation chamber. The unusual addition suggests a community that wanted both public ceremony and private transformation, perhaps marking death as a journey rather than an ending.
Cairn is recorded as a archaeological place in County Antrim. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
Places near here
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Enclosure/Rath in Ballyreagh LowerEnclosure/Rath · 835 yd
Culfeightrin ChurchChurch · 1563 yd
Fairhead - FarrangandooCliff · 1.2 mi
Fairhead - The ProwCliff · 1.3 mi
Cranagh IslandIslet · 1.4 mi
Ballyvennaght MillMill · 1.8 mi
Ballycastle BeachBeach / strand · 1.9 mi
Fair HeadViewpoint · 1.9 mi
CASTLE (O.S. memoir site; unlocated) in LossetCASTLE (O.S. memoir site; unlocated) · 2.0 mi
CASTLE (destroyed): CASTLE CULBERT in BrackneyCASTLE (destroyed): CASTLE CULBERT · 2.2 mi
Ballycastle HarbourVisitor information · 2.3 mi