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# Moyle Stone Circle and Cairn
Moyle Stone Circle and Cairn is a prehistoric mound situated in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The monument comprises a stone circle with an associated cairn, representing a form of ritual and burial construction common to the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods across the British Isles. The site's position in the Moyle landscape makes it locally significant within the wider distribution of such monuments across the northeast of the island.
The underlying bedrock at Moyle consists of Lias Group sediments, formed during the Aalenian period and composed of mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone. These geological substrates would have influenced the monument's construction, as builders selected stone materials available from the local landscape. The choice and arrangement of stones in the circle and cairn reflect the communities' engagement with their immediate geological environment.
The monument is protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference number 1, reflecting its importance to the archaeological and cultural heritage of Northern Ireland. As a surviving example of prehistoric ceremonial and funerary practice, Moyle Stone Circle and Cairn contributes to understanding settlement patterns, ritual behaviour and land use in early prehistoric times across the region.
Stone circle, tumulus. cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 1. View the official record →
# Moyle Stone Circle and Cairn Moyle Stone Circle and Cairn is a prehistoric mound situated in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 1.
Stone circle, tumulus. cairn dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a mound. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Stone circle, tumulus. 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 1.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Clegnagh cromlech. passage tomb (0.5 km), Cloughnaboghil, druids stone, cloghnaboghil, cloghnaboghil. passage tomb (0.7 km), The potters' cave. iron age occupation site (1.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Stone circle, tumulus. 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.
Stone circle, tumulus. cairn stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.