What is recorded here
Round Cairn in Carntall is a Bronze Age burial mark in County Antrim, Ireland. It is a small stone pile set in open land, the kind of place where people once laid the dead beneath earth and watched the sky turn above them.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as ROUND CAIRN. Recorded period: BRONZE AGE; UNCERTAIN. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Bronze Age round cairn; likely a burial monument. Its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of prehistoric funerary practices 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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