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The Moate is a Bronze Age multiple cist cairn located in Newry and Mourne, Northern Ireland. The monument comprises a cairn constructed to cover one or more stone burial cists, a funerary practice typical of Bronze Age communities in the Irish and British Isles during the second millennium before Christ. Multiple cist cairns of this type served as repositories for cremated or inhumed human remains and sometimes contained grave goods reflecting the status or resources of the deceased. Such monuments are significant indicators of Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial customs in the region, contributing to understanding of social organization and ritual practices in prehistoric Ulster.
The moate. multiple cist cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 6016. View the official record →
The Moate is a Bronze Age multiple cist cairn located in Newry and Mourne, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 6016.
The moate. multiple cist cairn 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.
The moate. multiple cist cairn 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 6016.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The dorsy entrenchment, the dorsey entrenchment. large earthwork enclosure (2.6 km), The relig. graveyard enclosure (2.9 km), The cloghfin, the white stone of watching, calliagh birras stone, cloghfin, calliagh berras stone. standing stone (3.2 km).
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