What is recorded here

Uncisted urn burial in Creggan, County Antrim. Urn burials are known throughout Ireland and Britain in the PREHISTORIC period. The dead were burned, the ashes collected and set in a jar, then the jar was broken and scattered on the ground. No mound, no marker, no shape left behind. Only the act of releasing what the fire had changed.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as UNCISTED URN BURIAL. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Uncisted urn burial; likely dates to the Early Bronze Age. Such burials are significant for understanding prehistoric funerary practices and social structures in the region.

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