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The Moate Mound is a Bronze Age barrow located near Armagh in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The monument occupies a position on bedrock comprising the Tyrone Group formation, a Visean-period sequence of limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone interspersed with subordinate deposits of chert, coal and conglomerate. This underlying geology would have shaped the availability of materials for the monument's construction and influenced its survival across the prehistoric landscape.
Bronze Age burial mounds of this type typically served as focal points for communal remembrance and territorial identity. The earthwork's form and scale indicate its significance within the ancient settlement pattern of the Armagh region, a landscape that continued to hold cultural importance through subsequent periods.
The site is protected under statutory designation by the Historic Environment Division (reference 5340). The monument's preservation as an upstanding earthwork contributes to understanding Bronze Age funerary practice and social organisation in the Ulster region. Its location near Armagh, an area of substantial archaeological and historical interest, underscores the continuity of cultural significance across different periods of settlement and use.
The moate. mound - barrow? is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 5340. View the official record →
The Moate Mound is a Bronze Age barrow located near Armagh in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 5340.
The moate. mound - barrow? dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a barrowpossible. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
The moate. mound - 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 5340.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Doogary lough. possible crannog in doogary lough (6 km), Lisglynn. rath & souterrain (6.1 km), The doonan. mound (6.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of The moate. mound - 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.
The moate. mound - 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.