What is recorded here

Wedge tomb in Tireighter, County Derry: a prehistoric chamber tomb, scheduled and mapped at its centre. People may have laid dead inside its angled chamber, then walked away into rain and memory. The stones still hold that shape, waiting for hands rare enough to listen.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as WEDGE TOMB. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC; NEO/B.A.. 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 Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. It is a significant megalithic monument type commonly found in Atlantic Europe, reflecting early ceremonial or funerary practices.

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