A Bronze Age (~1200 BC) burial site / tomb, resting quietly amongst the overgrowth in a field near Derry. There are some insanely impressive historical sites about the pIace, which are given almost no attention. Although I’m not sure if that’s a bad thing.

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1. Have a look at

   https://heritagemaps.ie/WebApps/HeritageMaps/index.html

2. Had one hidden in a small forest on the grounds of my school. The smokers and potheads used to use it as a den when they went on the mitch.

   The history we walk past everyday is amazing. It was a novelty at the time but since the OSI maps came out I have found a few in my local area.

3. Gorgeous! Any local lore associated with this one?

4. They are pretty much everywhere as long as they are marked and recorded which most will be its not a huge issue.

5. I reckon it needs a visitor centre and an overpriced coffee shop /s

6. There are a few near my home town (Maghera in County Derry). There’s a Dolman and two ring forts: a large one with a defensive ditch and a smaller one which once had a stone wall. The smaller one is locally known as the Fairy’s Ring.

7. Best for these sites to be left with little attention, better than having what they done to glencar happen.

8. Try coming to Meath , there’s stuff all over in farmers fields

9. These sites are generally unknown and neglected until someone wants to build a road or a hospital or, god forbid, homes. Then the locals suddenly remember how crucially important the site is to the culture and history of Ireland and possibly the world.

10. We have a dolman on our land, on top of the hill overlooking the lake, I often wish I knew more about it, and the people who lived there long before I did.

    I’ve tried looking it up but there isn’t much written about it. The sheer feat of engineering needed to build it is incredible, there must have been someone very important buried there.

11. Unfortunately if you draw attention to something like this now, some bastards will vandalise it