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Mound is a prehistoric barrow situated near Ballymoney in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The monument stands upon Lough Neagh Clays Group bedrock, a deposit of clay and lignite laid down during the Oligocene epoch. This underlying geology would have been visible to prehistoric communities as a landscape of heavy clay soils across the wider Ballymoney district, conditions that influenced settlement patterns and land use throughout the region's early human occupation.
The mound itself represents a funerary or ceremonial earthwork typical of prehistoric northern Irish monuments. Whether constructed as a burial cairn or ritual structure, it reflects the significant investment of labour by Neolithic or Bronze Age communities. The surviving earthwork demonstrates the durability of such monuments across millennia, preserved within the local topography despite subsequent agricultural and industrial activity in the Ballymoney area.
The site is protected by the Historic Environment Division as a scheduled monument under reference 1362, recognising its archaeological importance and historical significance to understanding prehistoric settlement and ritual practice in County Antrim. The monument's survival into the modern period offers potential for future archaeological investigation and contributes to the broader archaeological record of early human activity in the region around Lough Neagh.
Mound - barrow? is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 1362. View the official record →
Mound is a prehistoric barrow situated near Ballymoney in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 1362.
Mound - barrow? dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a mound. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Mound - 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 1362.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Platform rath (0.6 km), Round barrow (2.6 km), Mound, possible motte (3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Mound - 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.
Mound - barrow? stands on Lough Neagh Clays Group, bedrock that formed in the Oligocene. The rock here is clay and lignite.