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Mound is a possibly barrow located in Newry and Mourne, Northern Ireland, at grid reference J136052. The monument is an uncertain mound of earthwork origin, protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference 8863. Its precise character and purpose remain unconfirmed, though the morphology suggests prehistoric burial practices of the Bronze Age or earlier periods typical of this region.
The site rests upon bedrock of the Hawick Group, a sequence of wacke formed during the Wenlock epoch of the Silurian period, around 428 to 423 million years ago. This indurated sandstone and mudstone geology underlies much of this part of County Down and would have presented significant challenges to those who constructed the mound through manual excavation and material transport.
The monument's uncertain status reflects the difficulties in establishing definitive chronology and function from surface inspection alone. Without excavation records in the available documentation, the mound remains an intriguing but ambiguous feature of the local landscape. Its protection acknowledges its potential archaeological importance and the need to preserve this earthwork for future study, particularly as methodologies for understanding prehistoric monument construction continue to develop.
Mound - possibly barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 8863. View the official record →
Mound is a possibly barrow located in Newry and Mourne, Northern Ireland, at grid reference J136052.
Mound - possibly barrow dates from the uncertain 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 8863.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Standing stone (1.1 km), Motte (1.6 km), Windmill - ihr 03599 (2.6 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 Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.