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Clegnagh cromlech is a Neolithic passage tomb situated in the townland of Moyle in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The monument consists of a stone-built burial chamber accessed by a narrow passage, characteristic of megalithic tombs constructed during the Neolithic period, roughly 3500 to 3000 BC. The site occupies bedrock composed of Hibernian Greensands Formation and Ulster White Limestone Formation, Late Cretaceous deposits of chalk and sandstone that would have provided ready stone for construction.
The cromlech stands within an archaeological landscape shaped by these underlying geology. The chalk and sandstone bedrock, exposed across the local terrain, offered the megalithic builders accessible stone for the substantial capstones and orthostats that form the passage and chamber. Such passage tombs served as communal burial places for Neolithic farming communities, containing human remains and grave goods deposited over generations.
The monument is protected under the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities, recorded under reference number 3. Clegnagh cromlech remains an important testimony to Neolithic funerary practice and monumental construction in Ulster, standing within a region that contains numerous examples of passage-tomb building from this transformative period in Irish prehistory.
Clegnagh cromlech. passage tomb is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 3. View the official record →
Clegnagh cromlech is a Neolithic passage tomb situated in the townland of Moyle in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 3.
Clegnagh cromlech. passage 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.
Clegnagh cromlech. passage 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 3.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cloughnaboghil, druids stone, cloghnaboghil, cloghnaboghil. passage tomb (0.4 km), Stone circle, tumulus. cairn (0.5 km), Druid's stone, mount druid, druid stone, the druid stone, mount druid cromlech. passage tomb (1.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Clegnagh cromlech. passage tomb's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Clegnagh cromlech. passage tomb stands on Hibernian Greensands Formation And Ulster White Limestone Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Cretaceous. The rock here is chalk and sandstone.