What is recorded here
Murlough Upper holds a prehistoric settlement site where human life first touched the land. The exact age remains uncertain, but the ground itself remembers foot traffic, fire light and the ordinary rush of days long gone. People lived there before written history, shaping the place with their hands and leaving it changed.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as SETTLEMENT SITE. 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
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