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Barrow at Moyle is a prehistoric burial mound situated in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The monument rests upon bedrock of the Southern Highland Group, a sequence of psammite and pelite rocks formed during the Middle Cambrian period, which shapes the underlying geology of this region. The barrow is recorded under Historic Environment Division reference 1225 and benefits from statutory protection as a scheduled monument.
The monument represents a form of funerary monument common across prehistoric Britain and Ireland, typically constructed during the Neolithic or Bronze Age periods. Barrows were earthen or stone mounds raised over burial deposits, often serving as focal points for communal or high-status individuals within their contemporary societies. The survival of this structure into the modern landscape provides evidence for prehistoric land use and burial practice in the north of Ireland.
The Moyle location, positioned across glacially-sculpted terrain in this part of Antrim, would have offered a prominent setting within the prehistoric landscape. Such elevated or visible positions were frequently chosen for barrow construction, allowing these monuments to function both as places of burial and as significant markers within the territories of the communities that raised them.
Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 1225. View the official record →
Barrow at Moyle is a prehistoric burial mound situated in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 1225.
Barrow 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 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 1225.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mound, possibly barrow (0.1 km), Rath (0.8 km), Old castle. house (2.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Barrow'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 stands on Southern Highland Group, bedrock that formed in the Middle Cambrian. The rock here is psammite and pelite.