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Ring barrow at H1225062390 is a Bronze Age burial monument situated in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The barrow consists of a central burial mound surrounded by a ring ditch, a distinctive form that dates to the Bronze Age and served as a prestigious grave marker in the landscape. The monument sits upon bedrock of the Tyrone Group, comprising limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone with subordinate deposits of chert, coal and conglomerate formed during the Visean period of the Carboniferous.
The ring ditch would have been dug into this mixed geological substrate to define and enhance the barrow's appearance, making the burial monument more prominent within the surrounding terrain. This construction method was characteristic of Bronze Age burial practice, where communal effort created substantial earthworks to commemorate the dead and assert territorial significance.
The monument is recorded under Historic Environment Division reference 9191 and is protected under Northern Ireland's heritage legislation. Ring barrows of this type are relatively uncommon in Ulster, making this example of particular archaeological and historical importance to understanding Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns in the Fermanagh region.
Ring barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 9191. View the official record →
Ring barrow at H1225062390 is a Bronze Age burial monument situated in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 9191.
Ring barrow dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a barrow. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Ring 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 9191.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath (8.3 km), Rath (8.3 km), Rath (8.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Ring 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.
Ring 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.