What is recorded here
Round cairn, Carnkirk Castle, in County Antrim, is a prehistoric scheduled site where a buried chamber or cache may still wait beneath grass and stone. It is the kind of place people once watched, fed or feared before writing existed to explain why.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as ROUND CAIRN: CARNKIRK CASTLE. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC. Recorded protection: Scheduled. 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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