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Cofracloghy is a round cairn with a stone burial chamber, or cist, dating to the Bronze Age. Located in the Newry and Mourne district of Northern Ireland, this monument represents one of the region's most enduring funerary traditions. The cairn structure would have served as a visible and permanent memorial, marking the burial place of a significant community member within the Bronze Age landscape.
The monument sits upon distinctive bedrock composed of an unnamed igneous intrusion of Palaeogene age, formed from pyroclastic rock during volcanic activity in the geological past. This geological foundation influenced both the siting and construction of the cairn, with builders exploiting available stone resources from the surrounding terrain. Such igneous bedrock, common in this region, provided suitable material for constructing both the outer cairn mound and the internal cist chamber.
Cofracloghy is afforded statutory protection by the Historic Environment Division of Northern Ireland under reference number 6153. This designation recognises its archaeological significance as a Bronze Age burial monument. The site contributes to our understanding of Bronze Age funerary practices and settlement patterns in the Newry and Mourne area, preserving evidence of ritual practices and social organisation from this prehistoric period.
Cofracloghy, colfracloghy. round cairn with cist is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 6153. View the official record →
Cofracloghy is a round cairn with a stone burial chamber, or cist, dating to the Bronze Age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 6153.
Cofracloghy, colfracloghy. round cairn with cist dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cofracloghy, colfracloghy. 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 6153.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath (0.5 km), Lissacashel. cashel & souterrain (1.2 km), Rath & souterrain (1.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Cofracloghy, colfracloghy. 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.
Cofracloghy, colfracloghy. round cairn with cist stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Palaeogene, bedrock that formed in the Paleogene. The rock here is pyroclastic-rock.