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Cist & alignment is a Bronze Age cairn situated in Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The monument comprises a stone cist, a rectangular burial chamber constructed from stone slabs, alongside an alignment of stones that likely formed part of the ritual or ceremonial landscape of the Bronze Age community. Dating to the Bronze Age period, the site represents evidence of burial practices and monumental construction characteristic of prehistoric societies in the Irish landscape. The cist and alignment together demonstrate the investment Bronze Age peoples made in commemorating their dead and structuring their sacred geography.
Cist & alignment is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 14477. View the official record →
Cist & alignment is a Bronze Age cairn situated in Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 14477.
Cist & alignment dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cist & alignment 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 14477.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn (2.4 km), Cairn (2.5 km), Cairn & alignment (2.8 km).
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