The Ballygroll Prehistoric Complex is in the care of the DOE and has good access. It is signposted and approached from the road to the west of the site. The track leading to it may be a bit slippery during or just after heavy rain.

On this site, which is split into two enclosures, there is a great range of monuments. There is a court tomb, two wedge tombs, a pair of stone circles, a cist and many pre-bog walls.

There are maintained paths leading to all the main moumments in the southern enclosure. The court tomb is in the north enclosure and it's a rather ankle-breaking trek to reach it. The map on the sign at the entrance to the southern enclosure is hopeless! The paths are in the wrong place.

Sadly, except for the paths and the main monuments, the site has been allowed to become overgrown again. Even around the court tomb and the wedge tombs gorse has been allowed to establish itself.

I was fascinated to see that from the top of the ridge you can clearly see the peak of Eskaheen Mountain in Donegal some 15km+ northwest. This is visible from the court tomb (the earliest monument on the site), but not from any of the other monuments. These are all built on the southeast facing slopes. However, from the rest of the structures many peaks in the Sperrin Mountains can be seen in notches in the hills directly to the east and south east.

I will handle each of the major sites separately as sub-sites of this one. You will notice how many of the sites are missing from the list - these are the ones that are now undetectable under their covering of heather.

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