What is recorded here
Glassdrummond in County Armagh layers Neolithic life, Bronze Age fire and burial into one earth. People may have lived there, burned water for rituals or feasts, and later placed the dead beneath the same ground. The site preserves a long human relationship with one place across centuries.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as Early Neolithic occupation, Early Bronze Age burnt mounds and troughs, Middle Bronze Age burial. Recorded period: NEOLITHIC; BRONZE AGE. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Neolithic occupation, Early and Middle Bronze Age ritual and burial site; significant for its sequence of activity spanning three prehistoric periods.
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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