What is recorded here
Stone Settings may be a Neolithic tomb in County Derry, where lifted rock could have enclosed death, memory or ceremony before written history. The stones still belong to people, even when their names are lost. They may have marked a funeral, a boundary, a gift to ancestors or a warning about the ground beneath. To walk past them is to enter a room with no walls, where human hands and human grief are still present.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as STONE SETTINGS - possibly MEGALITHIC TOMB. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC; NEOLITHIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Neolithic megalithic tomb; dates to the prehistoric period. Its significance lies in its potential as an early ceremonial or burial site, reflecting the megalithic traditions of ancient communities 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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