What is recorded here
Under Greenan grass in County Antrim, an unlocated cist burial waits for identification. The hidden chamber may hold bones, jade or copper, but no marker breaks the turf to reveal where the dead rest. men and women walked this land before written history, and one of them still sleeps beneath the footprint of ordinary life.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CIST BURIAL (unlocated). Recorded period: PREHISTORIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Cist burial, likely dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. Such burials are significant as they represent early forms of stone chamber tombs used for single or small group interments.
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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