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PENNANULAR RING DITCH WITH 3 CREMATION BURIALS in Urbalreagh

PENNANULAR RING DITCH WITH 3 CREMATION BURIALS

What is recorded here

Three cremated people rest inside a broken circular ditch at Urbalreagh, marking a Bronze Age moment when fire turned flesh to memory before burial. The gap in the ring does not imply failure; it may reflect changing rules, reused ground, or a ceremony that abandoned perfect shape. Whatever hesitated that day, the ditch still holds the edge of a choice made under skies no longer familiar.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as PENNANULAR RING DITCH WITH 3 CREMATION BURIALS. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC; BRONZE AGE. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Pennanular ring ditch, Bronze Age. This site is significant as a rare example of a partially circular burial monument associated with cremation burials, reflecting early funerary practices in the region.

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