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# Mound, Armagh
The Mound is a prehistoric earthwork situated in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Rising from bedrock composed of Visean-age sedimentary rocks—limestone, mudstone and sandstone interspersed with siltstone, chert and occasional coal seams—the mound represents a significant survival of early burial or ceremonial architecture. Its construction reflects the considerable labour investment communities committed to monumental works during prehistory. The monument is protected under Historic Environment Division reference 5586.
The precise form and date of the mound remain to be established through archaeological investigation. However, its characteristics are consistent with barrow construction, a widespread practice across the British Isles during the Neolithic and Bronze Age. Such monuments commonly served as communal or elite burial places, often marking territorial significance and social identity within the landscape. The geological substrate of Tyrone Group rocks would have presented specific material and labour considerations during the mound's construction.
Located at grid reference H7529139542, this earthwork survives as an important testament to the prehistoric settlement and land-use patterns of the Armagh region. Its preservation enables future archaeological study that may clarify its original function, date and relationship to other prehistoric monuments in the surrounding landscape.
Mound, possibly barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 5586. View the official record →
# Mound, Armagh The Mound is a prehistoric earthwork situated in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 5586.
Mound, possibly 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, possibly 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 5586.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Multivallate rath & souterrain (1.7 km), Doogary lough. possible crannog in doogary lough (3.1 km), Rath (3.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Mound, possibly 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, possibly 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.