What is recorded here

Hot charcoal still marks the ground where people lived and worked during the Bronze Age in Strangford Lower. The settlement and burnt mound preserve a sudden, smoky moment when stone, heat and daily life became one archaeological trace.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as BRONZE AGE SETTLEMENT & BURNT MOUND. Recorded period: BRONZE AGE; PREHISTORIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Bronze Age settlement and burnt mound; dates to the Prehistoric period, approximately 2500–800 BCE. This site provides evidence of domestic and ritual activity, typical of Bronze Age communities in the Strangford area.

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