What is recorded here

Eagle's Knoll Cairn stands in Moylehid as a Neolithic passage tomb, old enough that human memory has forgotten the hands which lifted its stones. The official record protects the buried chamber and surrounding mound, but local names still argue about whether a giant or an eagle owns the grave. Both claims sound like truth because the mound is large enough to swallow a kingdom and quiet enough to keep one.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as PASSAGE TOMB: GIANT'S GRAVE OR EAGLE'S KNOLL CAIRN. Recorded period: NEOLITHIC; PREHISTORIC. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Neolithic passage tomb, dating to the prehistoric period. It is significant as part of a broader tradition of megalithic funerary architecture in Northern Ireland, reflecting early ceremonial and burial practices.

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