What is recorded here
Ardglass holds a possible barrow and Bronze Age burial site where ancient people placed their dead beneath the earth. The mound may have marked a life, a lineage, or a local belief about what continues after death. Its exact shape has faded, but the purpose remains clear: someone valued the dead enough to build a visible place for them.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as Possible Barrow and site of Bronze Age Burial. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Bronze Age barrow; dates to the prehistoric period and represents a significant burial monument, though its exact type and wider archaeological context remain unclear.
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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