What is recorded here
Lisnashimmer in Ballykinler Upper holds several cist burials inside a possible barrow, proving the land served death before it joined any human town. The precise age remains uncertain, but the repeated act of building a chamber for the dead is certain. Several people trusted that place enough to return with their most loved lost ones.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as ENCLOSURE, poss. BARROW with MULTIPLE CIST BURIALS: LISNASHIMMER. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC; UNCERTAIN. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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