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Barrow, Newtownabbey is a Bronze Age burial monument situated in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The site lies upon bedrock composed of Palaeogene extrusive rocks, specifically mafic lava and tuff deposits laid down during volcanic activity in the Paleogene period. This geological foundation provided a stable base for the monument's construction during the Bronze Age, roughly 4,500 to 2,500 years ago.
The barrow represents a characteristic funerary practice of Bronze Age communities in Ireland, when the dead were typically interred beneath earthen or stone mounds. Such monuments served both as burial places and as prominent landscape markers signifying the territorial identity and status of the deceased and their family groups.
The site is recorded under Historic Environment Division reference 3681 and benefits from statutory protection, reflecting its significance as evidence of early Bronze Age settlement patterns and ritual practices in the Newtownabbey area. The barrow contributes to the archaeological record of the north-eastern Irish coast during a formative period of Irish prehistory.
Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 3681. View the official record →
Barrow, Newtownabbey is a Bronze Age burial monument situated in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 3681.
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 3681.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath (6.7 km), Court tomb (7.3 km), Berginniss mount, barginnis mount. motte (7.7 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.