What is recorded here

Ballygalley Hill in County Antrim holds a Neolithic occupation site, a Bronze Age burial, a multivallate rath and a man-made underground passage. People lived, buried their dead and built defensive banks there before written history began. The hill remains a layered record of human presence across several ancient periods.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as NEOLITHIC OCCUPATION SITE; BRONZE AGE BURIAL; MULTIVALLATE RATH & Man-made underground passage: BALLYGALLEY HILL. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.; NEOLITHIC; BRONZE AGE; PREHISTORIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Neolithic occupation site and Bronze Age burial with a multivallate rath and man-made underground passage; dates to the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods. The site reflects long-term human activity and ritual use of the landscape in prehistoric Northern Ireland.

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