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The Round Barrow at Ballymoney is a prehistoric burial mound located in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Round barrows are the most common form of Neolithic and Bronze Age funerary monument in the British Isles, typically constructed over single graves or cremation burials and often surrounded by ditches. This example sits on bedrock composed of Palaeogene extrusive rocks, the mafic lavas and tuffs characteristic of Northern Ireland's volcanic geology from that geological period.
The monument's survival and protection reflect its archaeological significance within the local prehistoric landscape. Its situation on this particular volcanic geology is typical of Ballymoney's underlying bedrock composition. The barrow remains an important record of early Irish funerary practice and territorial use of the land, though its precise chronology and contents can only be determined through archaeological investigation.
The site is protected by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities under reference 1244, recognising its value as a scheduled monument. This designation ensures the preservation of this Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound for future study and as part of the broader understanding of prehistoric settlement patterns across Northern Ireland.
Round barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 1244. View the official record →
The Round Barrow at Ballymoney is a prehistoric burial mound located in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 1244.
Round barrow dates from the prehistoric 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 1244.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Platform rath (4.1 km), Raised rath (or motte?) (4.1 km), Mound - barrow? (4.6 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.