Craigs Dolmen
Mullan Road
Rasharkin
BT44 8SB
United Kingdom
Contact
Phone:
028 9082 3207
Additional Information
Open to the public:
Yes, entry is free (Sometimes public access is restricted due to works for example. Check before you visit)
Grid reference:
C9739817278
SM number:
ANT 022:024
About Craigs Dolmen
Eight closely-set upright stones form a chamber and there are indications of a passage. According to an 1883 description, an earthen mound formerly covered the stones. In the winter of 1976–1977 frost shattered the basalt capstone into five pieces. After the monument was placed in State Care, the cap was mended with steel bars and stone adhesive, and a small excavation was done to provide information before its re-erection. These are clearly the remains of a Neolithic passage tomb, though the earlier finding of a ‘cinerary urn’ and a mid-second-millennium BC radiocarbon date point to Bronze Age activity. The Broad Stone is a mile to the north-east.
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