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Clanrolla mound is a low earthwork monument located in Craigavon, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Dating to the early Christian period, it represents a settlement or defensive site from the early medieval centuries. The mound survives as a visible landscape feature despite centuries of use and potential agricultural disturbance.
The monument sits upon bedrock of the Lough Neagh Clays Group, deposits formed during the Oligocene epoch and comprising clay and lignite layers. These dense clay soils would have influenced both the construction and preservation of the earthwork, affecting drainage and the stability of the mound's structure. The local geology is typical of the low-lying terrain surrounding Lough Neagh, which shaped settlement patterns across the region.
Clanrolla mound is registered with the Historic Environment Division as a scheduled monument under reference 5164, affording it statutory protection. The site's survival and scheduling reflect its significance as evidence of early Christian settlement activity in the Craigavon area, a region of considerable archaeological importance during the post-Roman centuries.
Clanrolla mound. mound is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 5164. View the official record →
Clanrolla mound is a low earthwork monument located in Craigavon, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 5164.
Clanrolla mound. mound dates from the e.christ. period, and is classified as a mound. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Clanrolla mound. mound 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 5164.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Multi-ditched enclosure (1.2 km), Large enclosure (3.3 km), Achcli. medieval church (in ruins) & graveyard with bullaun & ?holy well (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Clanrolla mound. mound'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.
Clanrolla mound. mound stands on Lough Neagh Clays Group, bedrock that formed in the Oligocene. The rock here is clay and lignite.