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Barrow, Lisburn is a prehistoric earthwork situated on volcanic bedrock of Palaeogene age. The underlying geology consists of mafic lava and tuff flows laid down during the Palaeogene period, giving the site a foundation of ancient igneous rock. This geological setting is characteristic of the Antrim Plateau region, where such volcanic sequences provide distinctive landscape features that would have been visible to prehistoric peoples.
The monument takes the form of a barrow, a burial mound constructed during the Bronze Age or earlier prehistoric periods. Such structures served as communal or individual burial monuments and remain important archaeological indicators of early settlement and ritual practice across the Irish landscape. The barrow's survival at Lisburn reflects the continued significance of elevated terrain in the locality.
The site is protected by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities under the Historic Monuments and Archaeological Objects (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, with the reference number 4865. This statutory protection ensures the preservation of the barrow for future archaeological study and as a tangible reminder of prehistoric activity in the Lisburn area.
Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 4865. View the official record →
Barrow, Lisburn is a prehistoric earthwork situated on volcanic bedrock of Palaeogene age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 4865.
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 4865.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Brookhill house demesne. motte & ?bailey (1.4 km), Chimney (associated with knocknadona quarry) (2.3 km), Lime kilns (5no. associated with knocknadona quarry (2.4 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.