What is recorded here

Six cist burials in Shantallow, County Derry, hold Bronze Age dead beneath soil that has never stopped moving. The chambers fit six bodies, perhaps six relatives or six strangers who died within a generation. Rain still fills the gaps between stones, and the dead may still be learning the shape of the world they lost.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as SIX CIST BURIALS. Recorded period: BRONZE AGE; PREHISTORIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Bronze Age cist burials; likely 1200–700 BCE. These burials represent prehistoric funerary practices in the region, reflecting early ceremonial and social structures.

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