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  • Audleystown Cairn

    Topics:
    • Historic environment, 
    • Archaeology & Monuments

    Audleystown Road
    Strangford
    BT30 7LS
    United Kingdom

    Contact

    Phone: 028 9082 3207
    Email: scmenquiries@communities-ni.gov.uk

    Additional Information

    Open to the public: Yes, entry is free (Sometimes public access is restricted due to works for example. Check before you visit)
    Grid reference: J5619050350
    View on the Historic Environment Map Viewer
    SM number: DOW 031:007
    View details on the NI Sites & Monuments Record (NISMR)

    About Audleystown Cairn

    Dual court tomb, discovered in 1946 and excavated in 1952. The trapezoidal long cairn, its sides revetted with neat drystone walling (partly restored), has a shallow forecourt at each end opening into four-chambered galleries. Traces of the corbelled stone roof were found. Excavation uncovered burial deposits in most, but not all, of the chambers, including burned and unburned human bones, animal bones, pottery sherds and flint implements. The human remains represented about 34 individuals, male and female adults and children.

    Other historic places you can visit:

    • Love Heritage NI
    Audleystown Cairn
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