What is recorded here
No visible marker remains for the Bronze Age urn burial in Disert, County Derry. The lost findspot may have held a vessel, ashes and a name forgotten before writing existed. What is left is a coordinate and the absence of its witness.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as FINDSPOT of URN BURIAL (now unlocated). Recorded period: BRONZE AGE; PREHISTORIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Bronze Age urn burial findspot; prehistoric funerary practice. Significance lies in its contribution to understanding burial customs and material culture of early communities in the region.
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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