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Barrow is a Bronze Age funerary mound located in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The monument sits upon bedrock composed of Palaeogene extrusive rocks—mafic lava and tuff formed during volcanic activity in the Palaeogene period. This distinctive geological foundation of ancient volcanic material reflects the dramatic geological history of the region, which experienced significant igneous activity tens of millions of years before the barrow's construction during the Bronze Age, roughly 4,000 to 2,500 years ago.
The barrow represents a burial monument type characteristic of Bronze Age communities in Ireland, erected to contain and commemorate the dead whilst serving as a visible territorial marker across the landscape. Such mounds typically covered inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods including pottery, metalwork and tools that reflected the status and beliefs of Bronze Age society.
The monument is protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference number 2758, ensuring its preservation for future study and public understanding. Located at grid reference J2231093410, the barrow contributes to the archaeological record of Bronze Age settlement and ritual practice in County Antrim, part of the broader network of prehistoric monuments across the island of Ireland.
Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 2758. View the official record →
Barrow is a Bronze Age funerary mound located in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 2758.
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.
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 2758.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barrow (7.1 km), Mound (7.3 km), Ballymartin church, old town. pre-norman? & medieval church & graveyard, with well & souterrain (7.9 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 Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Palaeogene, bedrock that formed in the Paleogene. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.