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Tornaroan salt pan is a prehistoric salt-production site located in the Moyle district of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The monument represents evidence of Iron Age or early medieval salt-working activity, when coastal communities exploited natural brine sources or seawater to produce salt through evaporation in shallow clay-lined or stone-lined pans. The site's physical remains consist of archaeological deposits and structural features associated with this salt-manufacturing process. Such installations were essential to Iron Age and early medieval economies, providing a commodity vital for food preservation and trade throughout northern Britain and Ireland.
Tornaroan salt pan. salt pan is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 16102. View the official record →
Tornaroan salt pan is a prehistoric salt-production site located in the Moyle district of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 16102.
Tornaroan salt pan. salt pan 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 16102.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Court tomb (5.3 km), Carn an truagh, knocklayd. megalithic tomb, possibly passage tomb (6.6 km), The haunton stone. megalithic tomb (7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Tornaroan salt pan. salt pan'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.
Tornaroan salt pan. salt pan stands on Leitrim Group, bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate.