What is recorded here

Round cairn in Castleward, County Down, Ireland. A prehistoric chambered tomb where the dead were placed before the stones closed over them. The round shape still marks the field, holding the buried person and the living witness in one unchanged line.

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, dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age period. These cairns are significant as they represent early ritual or funerary monuments, reflecting prehistoric burial practices and social organisation in the region.

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