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Carnbane is a round cairn with cist located in County Down, Northern Ireland. The monument dates to the prehistoric period and survives as a burial structure of the type commonly constructed during the Bronze Age. The cist, a stone-lined burial chamber, would have been constructed from locally available stone and subsequently covered by accumulated cairn material.
The site sits upon bedrock of the Hawick Group, a wacke formation dating to the Wenlock period of the Silurian. This tough, fine-grained sedimentary rock would have provided suitable stone for constructing both the cist and the cairn superstructure. The character of the local geology has consequently shaped the appearance and construction methods of this monument.
Carnbane is recorded in the Historic Environment Division's Register as monument number 8477. This designation recognises its archaeological significance and ensures its protection within the framework of Northern Ireland's heritage legislation. As a physical record of Bronze Age burial practice, the cairn contributes to understanding prehistoric settlement patterns and mortuary customs across the region.
Carnbane. round cairn with cist is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 8477. View the official record →
Carnbane is a round cairn with cist located in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 8477.
Carnbane. round cairn with cist dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Carnbane. round cairn with cist 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 8477.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cashel (0.3 km), Cashel (1.1 km), Kilchow, kilcoo, kilcudua, kilua. church & graveyard (2.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Carnbane. round cairn with cist'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.
Carnbane. round cairn with cist stands on Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.