What is recorded here
Megalithic tomb in Ballyellough, County Antrim, Ireland. Prehistoric stones still mark the ground where people buried their dead and shaped memory long before written history. The chamber may have held kin, treasure or prayer, while rain and grass softened its edges. What is certain is that human hands arranged the rock, and human loss gave the arrangement meaning.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MEGALITHIC TOMB. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Megalithic tomb; likely Neolithic in date. These tombs are significant as some of the earliest communal burial monuments in the region, reflecting early social and ritual practices.
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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