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URN BURIAL in Magheraboy

URN BURIAL

What is recorded here

Melted butter dripped through a wooden sieve, fat dropping into a clay bowl while brown solids crumbled above. Aisling watched the gold collect and wondered whether the woman had made butter for herself or for someone she loved. The chamber had no door, but Aisling left the bowl behind and walked out into the rain.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as URN BURIAL. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC; BRONZE AGE. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Bronze Age urn burial; associated with funerary practices of the later prehistoric period. Significance lies in its contribution to understanding burial customs and ceramic traditions in the region.

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