The site at Magheracar contains a passage tomb, a wedge tomb, and two standing stones, though one of these ancient markers has sadly fallen and cracked. This collection of monuments likely served as a sacred landscape for prehistoric communities, with the standing stone possibly connected to the nearby Magheracar passage tomb, creating a ritual complex that would have dominated the coastal plain.

Archaeological excavations in 2001, conducted ahead of a housing development, revealed just how extensively this area was used throughout prehistory. Whilst the ancient monuments themselves were preserved with protective buffer zones, the surrounding land yielded fascinating discoveries. A large stone-lined corn-drying kiln with two extensive flues was uncovered, one stretching nearly 13 metres in length. Beneath this later feature, archaeologists found a small pit containing decorated Neolithic pottery from at least four different vessels, suggesting occupation or ritual activity dating back over 5,000 years.

Perhaps the most dramatic find came when machinery narrowly missed a completely intact collared urn, standing upright and filled with cremated remains; a Bronze Age burial that had lain undisturbed for millennia. Nearby, excavators uncovered a mysterious semicircular stone platform, comprising three concentric rings of flat slabs set into a low mound, with blue glass beads and struck chert found amongst the stones. The site also produced numerous prehistoric artefacts scattered across the topsoil, including a hollow-based limestone arrowhead, a stone axe, and various pieces of worked flint and chert; silent testimony to the countless generations who lived, worked, and worshipped in this coastal landscape.