Bronze age burial ground is unearthed
Site found in Co Down during road construction.

By Ben Lowry
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31 August 2004
A Bronze Age burial ground in Co Down has been unearthed during work on a
dual carriageway on the Belfast-Dublin route.

The construction scheme on the A1, between Loughbrickland and Beech Hill,
has led to a number of important archaeological finds that provide
evidence of a settlement site stretching back thousands of years.

A cemetery of eight early Bronze Age ring ditch barrow cremation burials,
dating to 1800 BC, have been excavated and recorded, following three
months of work by 12 archaeologists.

Kev Beachus, the head archaeologist, said: "The wealth of archaeology
uncovered provides a fascinating insight into the lives of our
ancestors."

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