What is recorded here
Craigboy holds a platform rath and cremation burials from the Bronze Age, when people shaped fire and stone into memory. The site remains scheduled in County Down, preserving a place where death may have become visible rather than hidden.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as PLATFORM RATH & CREMATION BURIALS. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.; PREHISTORIC; BRONZE AGE. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Platform rath and cremation burials dating to the Bronze Age, indicating a complex funerary and settlement landscape. The site reflects ritual practices and social organization of early agricultural communities in the region.
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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