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Mound is an early Christian earthwork monument located near Ballymoney in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The site lies on bedrock composed of Palaeogene extrusive rocks, a foundation of ancient mafic lava and tuff that emerged during volcanic activity in the early Tertiary period. This underlying geology has shaped the landscape upon which the mound was constructed.
Early Christian mounds of this type typically served multiple functions within monastic or settlement communities, often supporting timber structures or defensive palisades. The mound's position reflects deliberate site selection by early medieval communities, who frequently chose elevated positions that offered both practical advantages and symbolic prominence within the local landscape.
The monument is protected by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities, registered under reference 1819. This designation recognises its significance as evidence of early Christian settlement and territorial organisation in the region. The mound remains a tangible marker of early medieval activity in the Ballymoney area, preserving a physical record of how communities shaped their environment during this formative period in Irish Christian history.
Mound is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 1819. View the official record →
Mound is an early Christian earthwork monument located near Ballymoney in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 1819.
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.
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 1819.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Standing stone (0.7 km), Lisnacannon. multivallate rath (2.2 km), Lough tarmin, loughtamand, lough tammin, loughtammin, loughtamin, loughtarmin, lough toman, lough tamin, lough tamand. crannog in former lough tamin (2.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of 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.
Mound stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Palaeogene, bedrock that formed in the Paleogene. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.