CIST BURIAL (unlocated) in Donacavey

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CIST BURIAL (unlocated). 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 cist burial; Prehistoric funerary structure. Cist burials are significant as they represent early forms of stone-built tombs used for individual or small group burials during the transition from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age in Britain and Ireland.