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.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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