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Moat Hill, The Cove is a prehistoric cairn located in Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland. The monument consists of a cairn associated with a long cist, indicating Bronze Age funerary practice typical of the second millennium BCE. Long cists—stone-lined burial chambers—were a characteristic form of grave construction during this period, often incorporated into or beneath cairn mounds. The site represents evidence of burial practices and settlement patterns in prehistoric Ulster, contributing to understanding of Bronze Age mortuary behaviour in the region.
Moat hill, the cove. cairn & long cist is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 7916. View the official record →
Moat Hill, The Cove is a prehistoric cairn located in Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 7916.
Moat hill, the cove. cairn & long cist dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Moat hill, the cove. cairn & long cist 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 7916.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Standing stone (3.9 km), Big fort. rath & souterrain (4.2 km), Cashel & souterrain (5.3 km).
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