What is recorded here
Round cairn on Lyres Hill in Toberagnee, County Antrim: a prehistoric stone circle now scheduled for protection. People may have gathered there to mark season, loss, or belonging long before written records. The stones still stand as a quiet invitation to imagine the lives that shaped them.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as ROUND CAIRN: LYLES HILL. 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 Bronze Age. It is a scheduled monument, indicating its archaeological importance, though specific details on its wider significance are limited.
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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