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Possible barrow is a prehistoric earthwork located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, and is protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference 9379. The monument sits upon bedrock of the Tyrone Group, a geological formation of Visean age comprising limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone with subordinate bands of chert, coal and conglomerate. This varied underlying geology would have influenced both the character of the soils available to the monument's builders and the stone resources accessible in the immediate landscape.
Barrows of this type typically date to the Bronze Age and served as burial monuments, though the designation of this site as "possible" indicates that its prehistoric origins have not been conclusively confirmed through excavation or intensive survey. The monument represents a significant element of the prehistoric funerary landscape of the Fermanagh region, an area rich in archaeological heritage.
The site's protection status reflects its potential archaeological value and the importance of understanding prehistoric settlement and burial practices across this part of northern Ireland. Its position within the gentle rolling terrain of Fermanagh, underlain by the distinctive Tyrone Group geology, places it within a wider network of prehistoric monuments that defined the cultural and spiritual life of early communities.
Possible barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 9379. View the official record →
Possible barrow is a prehistoric earthwork located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, and is protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference 9379.
Possible barrow dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a barrowpossible. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Possible 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 9379.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sweat house (2.2 km), Bivallate rath (2.5 km), Bivallate rath (3.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Possible 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.
Possible 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.