What is recorded here
Cist containing cremated bones discovered c. 1950. No further information (Waddell 1970, 120).
Date of upload: 8 September 2016
Cist in Knockfield is a small prehistoric burial chamber, likely dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. Its significance lies in the presence of cremated human remains, indicating funerary practices associated with early communal burial traditions.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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