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URN BURIALS IN CISTS (O.S. memoir site, unlocated) in Knocknakeeragh

URN BURIALS IN CISTS (O.S. memoir site, unlocated)

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Knocknakeeragh in County Derry, Ireland, held Bronze Age cists where urns carried the last remains of people long gone. The exact burial spot has slipped from modern sight, but the land still remembers the shape of that loss. Someone placed each urn with care, trusting the soil to keep what flame had changed.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as URN BURIALS IN CISTS (O.S. memoir site, 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 burials in cists, dating to the prehistoric period. These burials are significant as they provide evidence of funerary practices and cremation rituals during the Bronze Age in the region.

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