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Moat of Inis Barrow is a prehistoric barrow situated in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The monument occupies ground underlain by the Tyrone Group, a geological formation of Visean age comprising limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone with subordinate deposits of chert, coal and conglomerate. This varied bedrock would have presented both opportunities and constraints to the prehistoric communities who constructed the barrow, with the local stone potentially available for burial structures and markers.
The barrow is located at grid reference H1637054400 in the Fermanagh landscape. Such monuments typically date from the Neolithic or Bronze Age periods and served as burial places for individuals of status within their communities. The specific topography and geology of this site would have influenced its selection and construction methods, making it a significant archaeological record of prehistoric settlement and ritual practice in this region.
The monument is protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference 9557, ensuring its preservation for future study and public understanding. Barrows of this type across northern Britain and Ireland remain important sources of evidence for understanding prehistoric burial practices, social organisation and land use in the pre-Roman Iron Age and earlier periods.
Moat of inis. barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 9557. View the official record →
Moat of Inis Barrow is a prehistoric barrow situated in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 9557.
Moat of inis. barrow dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a barrow. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Moat of inis. barrow 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 9557.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Burnt mound / fulacht fiadh (7.8 km), Platform rath (7.9 km), Burial ground/ enclosure (8.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Moat of inis. barrow'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.
Moat of inis. barrow stands on Tyrone Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone, with subordinate chert, coal and conglomerate.