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ROUND CAIRN in Altibrian

ROUND CAIRN

What is recorded here

Altibrian holds a round cairn from the prehistoric era, marking a place where people gathered before written history. The stones may have witnessed birth, death, argument or love, yet human life has turned to soil while the circle remains.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as ROUND CAIRN. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Round cairn; Neolithic period. These monuments are significant as early funerary and ceremonial structures, reflecting communal burial practices and social organisation in prehistoric societies.

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