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Audleystown Cairn

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Audleystown Cairn
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Audleystown Cairn is a dual court tomb in County Down where thirty-four people, including children, were buried beside animal bones and flint tools. Its trapezoidal shape has neat drystone walls and two shallow forecourts leading into four-chambered galleries. The dead had been burned or left unburned, suggesting the community used both ways of honouring departure.
Audleystown Cairn is recorded as a archaeological place in County Down. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.

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