What is recorded here

Melted brass and buried bone still mark Rathbrady Beg, though human hands have forgotten the names of everyone they held. The Bronze Age urn burial sits beneath County Derry soil, waiting for the day when remembering returns. Brass does not rot, bone does not argue, and forgetfulness is the only enemy left.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as BRONZE AGE URN BURIAL. 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 urn burial; dates to the prehistoric period. This site represents a burial practice associated with the deposition of cremated remains in pottery urns, common in Britain and Ireland during the Bronze Age.

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