What is recorded here
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as PIT & CIST BURIAL. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC; BRONZE AGE. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Pit and cist burial; Bronze Age. Represents a common form of early burial in which a body was placed in a stone-lined pit, reflecting funerary practices of the period.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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