What is recorded here
Wedge tomb in Tamybuck, County Antrim: a prehistoric chamber tomb, scheduled and recorded from the source map. Angled stones may still lock the chamber, excluding rain and memory alike. People may have set dead or treasure inside, then walked away, leaving the angle to judge the living.
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 prehistoric funerary monument, significant as part of the megalithic tradition in Northern Ireland.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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