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Barrow cemetery and burnt mounds, Fermanagh, is a Bronze Age funerary and domestic site comprising both burial mounds and the distinctive cooking structures known as fulachta fiadh. Located on bedrock of the Tyrone Group—a Visean formation of limestone, mudstone and sandstone interspersed with bands of chert and coal—the monument sits within the drumlin landscape characteristic of south-western Ulster. The site is protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference 10742.
The barrow cemetery represents formal burial practice of the Bronze Age, when communal or family groups were interred beneath earthen mounds raised over the surrounding terrain. Bronze Age barrows served as enduring monuments to the dead and often remained visible landmarks within the landscape for centuries.
The fulachta fiadh scattered across the site are low mounds of burnt stone and charcoal, the refuse heaps of Bronze Age cooking pits. These structures, typically found beside water sources, represent the practical domestic activities that sustained Bronze Age communities. The proximity of both cemetery and cooking sites at this location suggests sustained occupation and use of the land during the Bronze Age period, with the ground's limestone and sandstone bedrock providing stone for both monuments and practical use.
Barrow cemetery & burnt mounds (fulachta fiadh) is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 10742. View the official record →
Barrow cemetery and burnt mounds, Fermanagh, is a Bronze Age funerary and domestic site comprising both burial mounds and the distinctive cooking structures known as fulachta fiadh. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 10742.
Barrow cemetery & burnt mounds (fulachta fiadh) dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a barrow cemetery. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Barrow cemetery & burnt mounds (fulachta fiadh) 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 10742.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Counterscarp rath (1 km), Platform rath (2.2 km), Two burnt mounds/ cooking places (fulachta fiadh) (3.1 km).
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Barrow cemetery & burnt mounds (fulachta fiadh) stands on Tyrone Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone, with subordinate chert, coal and conglomerate.