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Barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The monument represents a funerary structure characteristic of the Bronze Age period in Ireland, when such earthen mounds served as communal or individual burial places for members of prehistoric communities. The barrow has been recorded in the Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record under designation HED NI NISMR MonID 3246, reflecting its recognized archaeological significance. As a Bronze Age barrow, the site provides evidence for prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns in the Carrickfergus area during the second millennium BC.
Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 3246. View the official record →
Barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 3246.
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 3246.
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