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Cloughnaboghil is a passage tomb, a Neolithic megalithic monument set in the Moyle area of Northern Ireland. The structure rests upon bedrock formed from Hibernian Greensands and Ulster White Limestone, chalk and sandstone deposits laid down during the Late Cretaceous period. This ancient geology provided the local landscape in which Neolithic communities chose to construct their ceremonial and burial monument.
Passage tombs represent one of the most distinctive forms of megalithic architecture in Ireland and Britain, typically comprising a narrow stone-built passage leading to one or more burial chambers, all originally covered by a substantial earthen or stone mound. These monuments date to the Neolithic period, spanning roughly from 4000 to 3000 BC, and served as communal burial places for the dead over extended periods.
The monument is protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference number 2, recognising its archaeological and cultural significance. Cloughnaboghil remains an important record of early settlement patterns and funerary practices in northern Ireland, reflecting the architectural sophistication and social organisation of Neolithic communities in this region.
Cloughnaboghil, druids stone, cloghnaboghil, cloghnaboghil. passage tomb is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 2. View the official record →
Cloughnaboghil is a passage tomb, a Neolithic megalithic monument set in the Moyle area of Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 2.
Cloughnaboghil, druids stone, cloghnaboghil, cloghnaboghil. 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.
Cloughnaboghil, druids stone, cloghnaboghil, cloghnaboghil. 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 2.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Clegnagh cromlech. passage tomb (0.4 km), Stone circle, tumulus. cairn (0.7 km), Dunboy. raised rath with souterrain (1.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Cloughnaboghil, druids stone, cloghnaboghil, cloghnaboghil. passage tomb's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Cloughnaboghil, druids stone, cloghnaboghil, cloghnaboghil. 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.