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Round cairn is a prehistoric burial monument situated near Limavady in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The cairn consists of a mound of stones constructed during the Bronze Age over bedrock formed from Palaeogene extrusive rocks, the mafic lavas and tuffs that underlie much of this region. This geological foundation is typical of the volcanic landscapes that characterise parts of north-west Ulster.
The monument is classified as a round cairn, a burial form common throughout Ireland and Britain during the Bronze Age, when such stone mounds served as communal or individual sepulchres often containing cremated remains. The scale and construction method would have required considerable community effort and reflected both practical burial practice and the social importance placed on marking the dead within the landscape.
The cairn is protected under the Historic Environment Division of Northern Ireland under reference 11548, ensuring its preservation as part of the archaeological heritage of County Londonderry. Despite its age of over three thousand years, the monument remains a visible testimony to Bronze Age funerary practice in this part of Ulster and continues to form a notable element of the local archaeological record.
Round cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 11548. View the official record →
Round cairn is a prehistoric burial monument situated near Limavady in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 11548.
Round cairn dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Round cairn 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 11548.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Well glass spring. wedge tomb (2.9 km), Rath (3.4 km), Aghanloo airfield. wwii airfield. aghanloo airfield (3.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Round cairn'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 cairn stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Palaeogene, bedrock that formed in the Paleogene. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.