Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB02/05/044

Address :
Chambered Grave and Souterrain Magheramore Road Carnanbane TD Dungiven Co Londonderry

Townland:
Carnanbane

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Standing Stone

Former Use
Standing Stone

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
Yes

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
51/13

IG Ref:
C6709 0585

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A chambered grave in the corner of a field adjacent to Magheramore townland boundary. More accurately a court or horned cairn. Because of the overgrowth,it is difficult to comprehend the stone arrangement on the shallow mound. Several stones are upright in the manner of orthostats and may define the chamber or entrance to it. The souterrain could not be identified.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Court tombs are dated between 3800BC and 2500BC. The Carnanbane court tomb is the remains of a long 2 chambered grave. Though the present remains appear a jumble of stones, it is thought the cairn was defined by a circle of standing stones some 13 metres in diameter.SMR No. LDY 30.28 References Primary Sources 1. O.S. Memoirs of Ireland, Parishes of Co Londonderry X, 1833-34, 1838 Ed by Angelique Day and Patrick McWilliams, Q.U.B. p. 44, 47, 56 Secondary Source 1. Banagher History Group, Historic Monuments and Sites of Banagher p. 15, 16.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

The remains of a court tomb, with several vertical stones or orthostats remaining among others. Much of the cairn has been removed in the past.

General Comments

Date of Survey

21 July 2000