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Ballymoney Round Barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The monument is protected as a scheduled historic monument by the Historic Environment Division under reference 1232. Round barrows of this period typically date between approximately 2200 and 1200 BC and served as burial structures for individuals of elevated status within Bronze Age communities.
The barrow sits upon bedrock composed of Palaeogene extrusive rocks, specifically mafic lavas and mafic tuffs formed during the Palaeogene period. This distinctive volcanic geology underlies much of the landscape in this region of Northern Ireland and would have been exposed or near-surface at the time of the monument's construction. The solid stone foundation provided a stable base for the earthen mound that would have been raised over burials and associated grave goods.
As with other barrows of its type, Ballymoney Round Barrow would originally have been a more prominent earthwork than may be visible today. Such monuments frequently contained cremated and inhumed remains, along with pottery, metalwork and other objects reflecting the status and beliefs of Bronze Age society. The barrow remains a significant archaeological record of this period in County Antrim's prehistory.
Round barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 1232. View the official record →
Ballymoney Round Barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 1232.
Round 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.
Round 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 1232.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mound, possible motte (1.5 km), Raised rath (1.8 km), Mound - barrow? (2.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Round 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.
Round barrow stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Palaeogene, bedrock that formed in the Paleogene. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.