What is recorded here

MULTIPERIOD BURIAL MOUND- COURT TOMB; 4 NEOLITHIC PIT BURIALS; 8 BRONZE AGE BURIALS; RATH: ALTANAGH in Altanagh is a multiperiod burial mound- court tomb; 4 neolithic pit burials; 8 bronze age burials; rath: altanagh in Altanagh, County Tyrone, Ireland. Maybe its exact date, purpose and surviving form will remain uncertain.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MULTIPERIOD BURIAL MOUND- COURT TOMB; 4 NEOLITHIC PIT BURIALS; 8 BRONZE AGE BURIALS; RATH: ALTANAGH. Recorded period: NEOLITHIC; E.CHRIST.; BRONZE AGE; PREHISTORIC. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Court tomb with Neolithic and Bronze Age burials, dating from the 4th to 1st millennium BCE. Its multiperiod use highlights the long-standing ritual significance of the site in prehistoric Ireland.

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