What is recorded here
No visible marker remains in Swatragh, yet the hidden cist still holds Bronze Age bones beneath ordinary soil. The survey named the place but never fixed its exact position, leaving the dead without a address and the living without a grave to visit. Forgetting did not empty the cist; it removed the chance of witnessing what the cist preserved.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CIST BURIAL (O.S. memoir site, unlocated). Recorded period: PREHISTORIC; BRONZE AGE. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Cist burial, dating to the Prehistoric and Bronze Age periods. Such burials are significant as they provide insights into early funerary practices and burial customs in the region.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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