What is recorded here
FLANDERS FORT, County Derry. Uncertain period. Mound holds urn burials beside a fort outline. Flanders may be a local name, not a distant country. Dead people gave up their bodies to the mound while the fort kept its shape against rain.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MOUND with Urn Burials: FLANDERS FORT. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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