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# Barrow, Antrim
This barrow is a prehistoric burial monument situated in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The site rests upon Palaeogene extrusive rocks, a foundation of ancient mafic lava and tuff formed during the geological upheavals of the Palaeogene period some 56 to 34 million years ago. This volcanic geology is characteristic of the north-eastern Irish landscape shaped by the same igneous activity that produced the basalt formations of the Antrim Plateau.
The barrow represents a funerary tradition stretching back thousands of years into prehistory. Such monuments typically contained burial deposits and were frequently used as communal or family tombs across multiple generations. The precise construction date and burial practices at this site reflect the cultural practices of the communities who built it, though the individual circumstances of its use remain undocumented in surviving records.
The monument is registered with the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities under reference number 3674, ensuring its protection and recognition as part of Northern Ireland's archaeological heritage. Its survival into the modern landscape provides evidence of settlement, social organisation and ritual practice among prehistoric peoples of the Antrim region.
Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 3674. View the official record →
# Barrow, Antrim This barrow is a prehistoric burial monument situated in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 3674.
Barrow dates from the prehistoric 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 3674.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Trivallate rath (8.1 km), Bivallate rath (8.7 km), Bivallate rath - one of rath pair (c.f. 060 (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.