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Barrow is a Bronze Age barrow located in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The monument represents a funerary structure of the Bronze Age period, when such earthen mounds were erected over cremated or inhumed remains of the deceased. The site is recorded within the Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record under Monument ID 3238. As a Bronze Age barrow, it forms part of the broader prehistoric burial landscape of northeastern Ireland and contributes to understanding burial practices and settlement patterns during the Bronze Age in the region.
Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 3238. View the official record →
Barrow is a Bronze Age barrow located in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 3238.
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 3238.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Heavy anti-aircraft battery; dhp no.159 (2.3 km), Kilroot church, kilrothe, kille rootha. modern church & graveyard on site of early monastic site & medieval parish church & graveyard with bullaun & holy well (2.8 km), Bishop's house. c17th house & bawn (2.8 km).
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