What is recorded here
Round Cairn in Largantea, County Derry, is a prehistoric burial or marker site where people placed stones in a deliberate circle. It belongs to an era before written history, when the landscape itself carried memory and identity. The simplicity of a round cairn suggests endurance: a shape easy to build, easy to recognize, and hard to forget.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as ROUND CAIRN. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Round cairn, likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age. These cairns are significant as funerary or ritual monuments, reflecting early agricultural and social practices in the region.
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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