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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 →
The Dungannon architectural fragment is a medieval stone element discovered at grid reference H7740153557 in County Tyrone.
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.
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.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Crannog (0.9 km), Sweat house (2.2 km), Rath & possible souterrain (2.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Architectural fragment'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.
Architectural fragment stands on Sherwood Sandstone Group, bedrock that formed in the Ladinian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.