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MULTIPLE CIST CAIRN: CORNACLERY in Ballydullaghan

MULTIPLE CIST CAIRN: CORNACLERY

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Cornaclery holds several burial chambers beneath one broad cairn, proving the landscape once belonged to repeated death rather than a single event. Bronze Age hands built the stack, perhaps generations deep, while people walked Ballydullaghan and accepted that the dead could share one address. The stones still resist explanation, which is why they remain impressive.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MULTIPLE CIST CAIRN: CORNACLERY. 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 multiple cist cairn; likely dates to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. Such tombs are significant for their role in prehistoric funerary practices and social organization in the British Isles.

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