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Barrow is a Bronze Age funerary mound located in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. The monument sits on bedrock of the Mercia Mudstone Group, a geological formation of mudstone, sandstone and limestone laid down during the Rhaetian period. This underlying geology has shaped the landscape in which this prehistoric burial monument was constructed.
The barrow represents a significant Bronze Age burial tradition practised across the British Isles during the second millennium BC. Such mounds served as communal or elite burial places and remain important archaeological records of Bronze Age society, belief systems and land use. Their prominence in the landscape would have made them enduring markers of territorial identity and ancestral significance.
The monument is protected by the Historic Environment Division of Northern Ireland under reference 5031, recognising its importance as a scheduled archaeological site. The barrow's survival at this location provides evidence for understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and funerary practices specific to the Lisburn area and the wider landscape of medieval Ulster.
Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 5031. View the official record →
Barrow is a Bronze Age funerary mound located in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 5031.
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 5031.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lime kilns (5no. associated with knocknadona quarry (3.7 km), Lisburn castle, castle gardens, lisnagarvey. castle later artillery fort (site of) & gate (4.2 km), Barrow (4.2 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 Mercia Mudstone Group, bedrock that formed in the Rhaetian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.