What is recorded here
Four urn burials in Galgorm Parks, County Antrim, hold a lost Bronze Age moment when people were still naming the land through their dead. The vessels may have carried ashes, food, or a final gift for someone who walked these valleys before written history. They are not a monument to be admired from a distance; they are a reminder that the ground already knows how to keep company with the absent.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as FOUR URN BURIALS. 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 burials; likely 1200–800 BCE. These burials are significant as they reflect early funerary practices involving cremation and urn placement, common in Atlantic Europe during the Bronze Age.
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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