What is recorded here
Caern is an unlocated prehistoric memory marker in Craig, County Antrim. It may be a lost burial mound, a boundary stone or a mistake born of distance. The official record preserves the shape of the forgotten place without admitting that it no longer exists.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CAIRN (O.S. memoir site; unlocated). Recorded period: PREHISTORIC; UNCERTAIN. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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