Scheduled MonumentsNorthern IrelandDungannonArchitectural fragment
MEDIEVAL · ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT

Architectural fragment

Dungannon, Northern Ireland
NISMR MonID 15872
Period
MEDIEVAL
Site type
ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT
Nation
Northern Ireland
The designation
Reference
NISMR MonID 15872
Authority
DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR)
Grid reference
H7740153557
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The Dungannon architectural fragment is a medieval stone element discovered at grid reference H7740153557 in County Tyrone. Protected as a scheduled monument by the Historic Environment Division, it survives as evidence of structured building activity during the medieval period in the Ulster region. The fragment's survival on the landscape reflects the stone-working traditions practised in medieval northern Ireland.

The monument rests upon bedrock of the Sherwood Sandstone Group, a geological formation of Ladinian age composed of sandstone, siltstone and mudstone. This local geology would have influenced the availability of building materials and construction methods employed in the immediate area during the medieval period. Such red and brown sandstones were commonly quarried and worked into architectural elements across northern Ireland during this era.

The fragment's presence at Dungannon marks a location of medieval significance. Without further architectural detail or associated finds, the stone remains a material record of craftsmanship and settlement patterns in medieval Ulster. Its protection ensures preservation of this tangible link to the area's medieval built heritage and contributes to understanding the spatial distribution of stone-working activity across the region.

Architectural fragment is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 15872. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Architectural fragment?

The Dungannon architectural fragment is a medieval stone element discovered at grid reference H7740153557 in County Tyrone.

What period does Architectural fragment date from?

Architectural fragment dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a architectural fragment. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.

Who is responsible for protecting Architectural fragment?

Architectural fragment 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 15872.

What other scheduled monuments are near Architectural fragment?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Crannog (0.9 km), Sweat house (2.2 km), Rath & possible souterrain (2.7 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman World
Ireland was never conquered by Rome, so this traces the island's Iron Age kingdoms and its contact with the Roman world.
Historic Records
The 19th-century records of this place: valuations, Ordnance Survey memoirs and topographical accounts.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Architectural fragment

Architectural fragment stands on Sherwood Sandstone Group, bedrock that formed in the Ladinian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.