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Barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The site represents a significant example of prehistoric burial practice in the region, dating to the Bronze Age period when such earthen mounds served as communal or individual repositories for the deceased, often accompanied by grave goods. The monument's survival into the modern era, despite considerable landscape change in the Carrickfergus area, provides archaeological evidence for settlement and funerary practices in prehistoric Ulster. As a recorded monument within the Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record, it remains an important indicator of Bronze Age activity and territorial use in the Lagan valley region.
Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 3273. View the official record →
Barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 3273.
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 3273.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Heavy anti-aircraft battery; dhp no.159 (2.2 km), Kilroot church, kilrothe, kille rootha. modern church & graveyard on site of early monastic site & medieval parish church & graveyard with bullaun & holy well (2.7 km), Bishop's house. c17th house & bawn (2.8 km).
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