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Barrow & cist is a prehistoric burial monument located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference 10529. The site sits on bedrock formed from the Leitrim Group, a geological formation of Namurian age comprising sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate. This varied substrate reflects the region's complex depositional history during the Carboniferous period.
The monument consists of an earthen barrow with an associated cist, a burial chamber constructed from stone slabs. Such structures are characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practice across the island of Ireland, where the combination of a mound with an internal stone burial chamber served as a permanent memorial to the deceased. The barrow's form would have been prominent in the landscape when constructed.
The site's survival in Fermanagh's countryside, despite the passage of millennia, reflects both the durability of prehistoric construction and the value placed by the community on marking burial places. Protected monument status ensures that this evidence of Bronze Age burial tradition and material culture remains available for archaeological study and public heritage understanding.
Barrow & cist is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 10529. View the official record →
Barrow & cist is a prehistoric burial monument located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference 10529.
Barrow & cist dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a barrow. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Barrow & cist 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 10529.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cashel or possible ring cairn (3.2 km), Cup-marked stone (4.4 km), Dual court tomb (4.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Barrow & cist's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Barrow & cist stands on Leitrim Group, bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate.