© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR)
Carn School House is a prehistoric round cairn situated in Newtownabbey, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The monument stands upon bedrock composed of Palaeogene extrusive rocks, mafic lavas and tuffs that form part of the Antrim lava plateau, a distinctive geological feature of the region. This volcanic foundation would have been well-established in the Bronze Age landscape when the cairn was constructed.
Round cairns of this type typically functioned as burial monuments, built by prehistoric communities to mark the resting places of their dead and to commemorate the deceased within the broader landscape. The monument's survival to the present day testifies to the enduring nature of stone-built structures in the Irish archaeological record. Its location within the townland of Slieve True reflects the local naming traditions that have preserved historical geographical references.
The cairn is protected by the Historic Environment Division of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency under reference number 3310, recognising its significance as a prehistoric monument. Such designations ensure that round cairns like this one remain safeguarded for future study and as tangible connections to the Bronze Age communities who inhabited this part of north-eastern Ireland.
Carn school house, slieve true, school house carn. round cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 3310. View the official record →
Carn School House is a prehistoric round cairn situated in Newtownabbey, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 3310.
Carn school house, slieve true, school house carn. round cairn dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Carn school house, slieve true, school house carn. round cairn 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 3310.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Monkstown abbey, monketone, ballynamanagh, monkstown church, monkstown cemetery. medieval & post-med. church & graveyard with hollowed stone (3.3 km), Fairy mound. mound (3.4 km), Bivallate rath (4.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Carn school house, slieve true, school house carn. round cairn'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.
Carn school house, slieve true, school house carn. round cairn stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Palaeogene, bedrock that formed in the Paleogene. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.