What is recorded here

Mounds of burnt stone still mark the Bronze Age, beside a Neolithic house and an Iron Age ditch. People returned to Ballyoan across centuries, building, burning, digging and living beside the earlier marks. The land remembered every age because each age shaped it again.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as Multi-period site including Neolithic house and building, Bronze Age burnt mounds, Iron Age ditch, Early Medeval unenclosed settlement and other features.. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Multi-period site spanning the Neolithic to Early Medieval periods, featuring a range of structures including a Neolithic house, Bronze Age burnt mounds, and an Early Medieval settlement. Its significance lies in demonstrating continuous human occupation and evolving land use in the area over several millennia.

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