What is recorded here
On a shelf of the SW-facing slope at the NW end of a low WNW-ESE ridge. Circular, domed grass-covered mound (diam. 6.5-6.7m; H 1.1-1.3m). Rath (RO034-05201-) is 10m to the W and rath (RO034-53----) is c. 100m to the SE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Tumulus, Bellacagher is a Bronze Age circular burial mound, likely dating to the early to middle first millennium BCE. Its location and form suggest it is part of a broader pattern of funerary and settlement sites in the region, though its specific significance remains unclear due to limited recorded context.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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