County: Antrim Site name: BALLYBRIEST td
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: —
Author: Mr. A.M. ApSimon, Department of Archaeology,
Site type: Megalithic tomb - court tomb
Period/Dating: Neolithic (4000BC-2501 BC)
ITM: E 676135m, N 888493m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.738703, -6.817705
At this site two test cuttings were made close to the sides of the cairn. The extant width of the cairn was about 5.5m but no kerb was found. Samples of charcoal were obtained from the pre-cairn surface and from deposits between this and the overlying peat, but no archaeological material was found. The monument is a good example of the class, oriented SSW with a chamber 3.25-4m long, 1.1-1.25m wide and about 1m high.
