BRONZE AGE · BARROW

Barrow

Cookstown, Northern Ireland
NISMR MonID 15040
Period
BRONZE AGE
Site type
BARROW
Nation
Northern Ireland
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located near Cookstown in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The monument represents a significant funerary structure of the Bronze Age period, when such earthen barrows served as communal or elite burial monuments across the island of Ireland. The site is recorded within the Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record under the reference HED NI NISMR MonID 15040, ensuring its protection and documentation as an archaeological asset of regional importance.

Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 15040. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Barrow?

Barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located near Cookstown in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 15040.

What period does Barrow date from?

Barrow dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a barrow. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.

Who is responsible for protecting Barrow?

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 15040.

What other scheduled monuments are near Barrow?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moymore stone circles. nine stone circles & two alignments (0.9 km), Rath (1.8 km), Stone circles (3) & alignment (4.8 km).

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