What is recorded here

Castlemahon in County Down, Ireland holds a stone circle, pit and cist with cremation burial, joining hundreds of similar monuments across the island. People may have gathered there to honour the dead, watch the sky or mark land they loved. The stones still stand beside ordinary ground, waiting for curiosity rather than explanation.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as STONE CIRCLE; PIT and CIST with CREMATION BURIAL. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC; NEOLITHIC; E.B.A.. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Neolithic stone circle with a pit and cist cremation burial, dating to the Early Bronze Age. This site represents a transition in burial practices and ceremonial landscape use in prehistoric Ireland.

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