What is recorded here

That is a stone circle, but no one is left who can say when it was built or why. It stands in Duncarbit, County Antrim, marked only as prehistoric and uncertain. The stones may have measured birth, death, season or belonging. They stopped answering people long before maps learned to ask.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as STONE CIRCLE?. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN; PREHISTORIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this site may have been used for ceremonial or ritual purposes, as was common with stone circles in prehistoric Britain and Ireland. No specific folklore or detailed function is recorded for this particular location.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.