What is recorded here
Culnagrew holds a standing stone and burials from the Bronze Age, marking the place where people laid others to rest beneath open sky. The stone still rises beside the dead, waiting for rain, foottraffic and memory to finish what hands began.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as STANDING STONE AND BURIALS. Recorded period: BRONZE AGE; PREHISTORIC. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Bronze Age standing stone and associated prehistoric burials; significant as a rare surviving example of a ceremonial and funerary landscape 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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