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WEDGE TOMB in Buckna

WEDGE TOMB

What is recorded here

Buckna in County Antrim holds a scheduled wedge tomb from the Neolithic or Bronze Age when people understood death as a long conversation rather than an ending. The chamber still stands where human hands first shaped stone, waiting for curiosity instead of pity.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as WEDGE TOMB. 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; dates to the Neolithic or Bronze Age period. It is a significant prehistoric burial monument, characteristic of the later megalithic traditions in Ireland.

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

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Recorded monument

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