Discover Alone, back to main map

WEDGE TOMB: CARN GREINE or GRANIA'S GRAVE or GRANNY'S GRAVE in Craigarogan

WEDGE TOMB: CARN GREINE or GRANIA'S GRAVE or GRANNY'S GRAVE

What is recorded here

Carn Greine stands in Craigarogan as a Neolithic or Bronze Age wedge tomb, still scheduled and unchanged since people first stacked its stones. The names Grania's Grave and Granny's Grave suggest local memory shaped the chamber into a character, perhaps a woman important enough to give the hill a story. The chamber still points downward like a knife edge, waiting for the dead or for visitors stubborn enough to listen.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as WEDGE TOMB: CARN GREINE or GRANIA'S GRAVE or GRANNY'S GRAVE. Recorded period: NEO/B.A.; PREHISTORIC. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Wedge tomb, dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age period. It is significant as a scheduled prehistoric burial monument, reflecting early ritual practices 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

Places near here

Add to this placeAdd a picture Comment or add a tip

Explore 1,118,481 places