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Camp Stone, the Kempe Stones, Ballycloghtogall is a portal tomb situated in the Ards peninsula of Northern Ireland. Built during the Neolithic period, this megalithic monument comprises a stone-built chamber entered through a distinctive portal arrangement, a burial form characteristic of the Irish neolithic. The site lies upon Palaeogene mafic igneous bedrock, the dark volcanic stone that underlie this region and which would have shaped the appearance and accessibility of suitable building materials for the monument's construction.
Portal tombs of this type typically date to the fourth millennium before the present and functioned as communal burial places for early farming communities. The monument's name, recorded in variants as Camp Stone and the Kempe Stones at Ballycloghtogall, reflects both its physical form and its location within the local landscape. Though the passage of millennia has altered its condition, the structural principles remain evident in what survives.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities, registered under reference 6305, ensuring its preservation as an important archaeological and historical resource. The monument contributes significantly to understanding Neolithic settlement patterns and burial practices across the broader Ulster region.
Camp stone, the kempe stones, ballycloghtogall. portal tomb is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 6305. View the official record →
Camp Stone, the Kempe Stones, Ballycloghtogall is a portal tomb situated in the Ards peninsula of Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 6305.
Camp stone, the kempe stones, ballycloghtogall. portal tomb dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a megalithic tomb. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Camp stone, the kempe stones, ballycloghtogall. portal tomb is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 6305.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Motte (5.1 km), Deserted settlement (5.6 km), Rath (5.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Camp stone, the kempe stones, ballycloghtogall. portal tomb's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Camp stone, the kempe stones, ballycloghtogall. portal tomb stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Palaeogene, bedrock that formed in the Paleogene. The rock here is mafic igneous-rock.