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Bronze Age Settlement & Ring Ditch is a prehistoric settlement site located near Cookstown in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The site comprises the archaeological remains of a Bronze Age domestic settlement, marked by a prominent ring ditch which would have formed the defensive or boundary enclosure of an Iron Age or later period settlement. Ring ditches of this type are common features of Bronze Age and Iron Age settlement archaeology in Ulster, typically indicating the location of roundhouse structures and associated occupation. The monument represents an important record of prehistoric settlement patterns and domestic organisation in the region during the Bronze Age period.
Bronze age settlement & ring ditch is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 16449. View the official record →
Bronze Age Settlement & Ring Ditch is a prehistoric settlement site located near Cookstown in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 16449.
Bronze age settlement & ring ditch is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 16449.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Standing stone (3.6 km), Ballyclog old church. church & graveyard (5.3 km), Stewartstown castle. castle & village (6.2 km).
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