What is recorded here
Barrow cemetery associated with Donegore Hill 'ritual landscape' in Tobergill, County Antrim, Ireland, holds prehistoric burial mounds tied to a wider ritual landscape. People may have walked these fields for seasons, marking death and memory beneath soil that still resists forgetting. The hill and cemetery suggest a place where life, loss and ceremony became one continuous act.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as Barrow cemetery associated with Donegore Hill 'ritual landscape'. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Barrow cemetery, dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, is part of a broader ritual landscape associated with Donegore Hill. Its location suggests a ceremonial or funerary function within a prehistoric landscape of significant cultural and spiritual importance.
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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