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WEDGE TOMB in Kilhoyle

WEDGE TOMB

What is recorded here

Kilhoyle holds a wedge tomb where ancient hands stacked stone before written history. The chamber still waits beneath earth and grass, preserving the shape of rituals now forgotten. People may have gathered there to honour the dead or mark the seasons, their voices lost but their purpose embedded in the stones.
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 scheduled monument, indicating its recognized archaeological importance.

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

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