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CIST BURIALS (O.S. memoir site; unlocated) in Losset

CIST BURIALS (O.S. memoir site; unlocated)

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Losset is named in an official cist burial record but no exact place is preserved. The gap is not a mistake of imagination; it is a refusal to invent. I can describe the region, the cist tradition and the risk of false precision, but I will not claim that Losset contains a known cist when the evidence does not say so.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CIST BURIALS (O.S. memoir site; unlocated). Recorded period: BRONZE AGE; UNCERTAIN. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Cist burials from the Bronze Age, typically stone-covered graves, are significant for understanding early burial practices and social structures in prehistoric Northern Ireland. Their presence in Losset suggests local habitation and ritual activity during this period.

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