What is recorded here
Megalithic tomb in Carnanbane, County Derry: PREHISTORIC stones, now unlocated on the modern map. The official point marks the centre of the old recorded site, not a visible chamber. Under the turf, dead hands may still be arranged around a person no longer named.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MEGALITHIC TOMB (O.S. memoir site, unlocated). Recorded period: PREHISTORIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Megalithic tomb, dating to the Neolithic period. Its significance lies in its association with early communal burial practices and megalithic architecture 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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