What is recorded here
Round Island in County Down still wears its settlement complex across the Late Bronze Age, Early Christian and Medieval periods. Stones and soil remember hands that shaped them, though no name remains behind them. The island kept its distance from mainland noise, giving those hands a clean place to learn patience.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as SETTLEMENT COMPLEX. Recorded period: L.B.A.; E.CHRIST.; MEDIEVAL. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
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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