What is recorded here
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as NEOLITHIC BARROWS, BRONZE AGE TIMBER CIRCLE and CREMATIONS, MIDDLE BRONZE AGE OCCUPATION. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN; BRONZE AGE; NEOLITHIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Neolithic barrows and a Bronze Age timber circle with cremations indicate ritual and burial activity from the Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age. This site reflects the continuity of ceremonial landscape use in the Derry Beg area during prehistoric times.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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