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Hugh McPhelim O'Neill's Servants Tomb is a barrow or cairn situated in the townland of Moyle in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The monument, recorded under Historic Environment Division reference 1472, consists of an uncertain mound whose original form and extent remain difficult to determine from the present landscape. The underlying geology comprises Palaeogene extrusive rocks, principally mafic lava and tuff formations that characterise much of this upland region.
The monument commemorates servants associated with the O'Neill family, one of Ulster's most prominent Gaelic Irish dynasties. Such burial monuments, whether constructed as cairns or earthen barrows, represent funerary practices spanning many centuries of Irish history. The specific identity and dating of this tomb remain matters of local historical tradition rather than archaeological confirmation.
The site is protected as a monument of archaeological and historical interest by the Historic Environment Division. Its survival on the moorland landscape of Moyle reflects the enduring presence of burial monuments across the Irish uplands, though the precise circumstances of its construction and the individuals it memorialised remain largely undocumented in written records.
Hugh mcphelim o'neill's servants tomb. barrow or cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 1472. View the official record →
Hugh McPhelim O'Neill's Servants Tomb is a barrow or cairn situated in the townland of Moyle in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 1472.
Hugh mcphelim o'neill's servants tomb. barrow or cairn dates from the uncertain period, and is classified as a mound. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Hugh mcphelim o'neill's servants tomb. barrow or 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 1472.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hugh mcphelim o'neill's tomb. barrow or cairn (0 km), Cross-carved stone (4.9 km), Bivallate rath (site of) (5.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Hugh mcphelim o'neill's servants tomb. barrow or 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.
Hugh mcphelim o'neill's servants tomb. barrow or cairn stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Palaeogene, bedrock that formed in the Paleogene. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.