What is recorded here
Uncisted urn burial in Lisnagat, County Antrim. Bronze Age, prehistoric. A pot of bones, no body beside it. The dead were cut into parts or taken elsewhere before the urn closed. What is missing is the shape of the ritual.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as UNCISTED URN BURIAL. 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 uncisted urn burial; part of a widespread funerary tradition in prehistoric Britain and Ireland. Such burials are significant for understanding burial practices and social structures of early farming communities.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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