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Murphy's Fort is a Bronze Age standing stone complex located in the Newry and Mourne district of Northern Ireland. The monument comprises a ring barrow with associated cremation burials and five standing stones, representing a significant ritual and funerary landscape of Bronze Age date. The standing stones and barrow form an integrated ceremonial complex that reflects the burial practices and monumentality characteristic of Bronze Age communities in Ulster. The site's combination of cremation burials with standing stones demonstrates the sophisticated ceremonial frameworks employed during this period for commemorating the dead.
Murphy's fort. bronze age ring barrow with cremation burials & 5 standing stones is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 8728. View the official record →
Murphy's Fort is a Bronze Age standing stone complex located in the Newry and Mourne district of Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 8728.
Murphy's fort. bronze age ring barrow with cremation burials & 5 standing stones dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a standing stone complex. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Murphy's fort. bronze age ring barrow with cremation burials & 5 standing stones 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 8728.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cashel & souterrain (6.1 km), Large hilltop enclosure (7.2 km), Kilbroney, glentegy's, nister, st. bridget's well. crosses (2), multiperiod church, graveyards & holy well (7.7 km).
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