What is recorded here
That is the most familiar frame available. The rest would be invention or speculation.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MOUND WITH MULTIPLE CIST 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 cist burial mound; dates to the prehistoric period. This site is significant as it reflects early funerary practices involving multiple burials in stone cists, 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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