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UNCISTED URN BURIAL (unlocated) in Knockboy

UNCISTED URN BURIAL (unlocated)

What is recorded here

Uncisted urn burial remains hidden somewhere in Knockboy, County Antrim. Bronze Age hands may have set a clay vessel into earth, then vanished from every account except the hole they left behind. The absence is not emptiness; it is a shape waiting to be remembered.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as UNCISTED URN BURIAL (unlocated). 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 urn burial; part of a broader prehistoric funerary tradition in the region. Uncistted burials are significant for understanding early burial practices and social structures.

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