What is recorded here

Carnanbane stands in Ballybriest as a prehistoric wedge tomb, its ancient stones still holding the shape of hands that lifted them before written history began. The place belongs to the neo/Bronze Age world, when people buried their dead inside angled chambers and left the landscape marked for generations. It remains under State Care and Scheduled protection, preserving the exact site where human life first shaped stone into memory.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as WEDGE TOMB: CARNANBANE. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC; NEO/B.A.. Recorded protection: State Care and 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. It is a scheduled monument under state care, indicating archaeological and historical significance.

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