What is recorded here
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as ROUND CAIRN. 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.
Round cairn, dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age period. Such cairns are often associated with funerary practices and represent significant prehistoric ritual or burial sites.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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