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Barrow is a prehistoric burial mound located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The monument sits on bedrock of the Tyrone Group, a varied sequence of Visean-age sedimentary rocks comprising limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone interspersed with chert, coal and conglomerate. This geological foundation would have provided the prehistoric builders with accessible stone for construction and the landscape with natural ridges and outcrops characteristic of the region's drumlin terrain.
The barrow represents a funerary practice common across Ireland during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods. Such monuments typically contained human burials, sometimes accompanied by grave goods, and served as focal points for communities and territorial markers across the landscape. The construction and use of barrows generally spans from around 4000 BC through the Bronze Age, though individual sites often have more restricted periods of activity.
The monument is protected by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities under reference number 9286, reflecting its significance as evidence of prehistoric settlement and ritual practice in Fermanagh. Its survival to the present day contributes to understanding patterns of ancient land use and social organisation across the region, where numerous similar monuments cluster across the drumlin belt and surrounding terrain.
Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 9286. View the official record →
Barrow is a prehistoric burial mound located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 9286.
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 9286.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath (4.2 km), Rath (4.7 km), Drumaran fort. rath (5.3 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 Tyrone Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone, with subordinate chert, coal and conglomerate.