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Burnt mound is a prehistoric burnt mound, or fulacht fiadh, situated near Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. These monuments typically date to the Bronze Age and consist of crescent-shaped heaps of fire-cracked stone accumulated around shallow troughs. The site rests upon an Ordovician to Silurian igneous intrusion of felsic rock composition, which would have influenced both the stone resources available and the hydrology of the immediate area. The underlying geology shaped how water collected and drained, factors significant to the functioning of such sites.
Fulachtaí fiadh are thought to have served multiple purposes, most commonly associated with cooking and hot-stone boiling of water in the trough, though their precise function remains debated amongst archaeologists. The burnt and fractured stones result from repeated heating and rapid cooling when removed from fires and plunged into the water-filled depression. Such mounds are common throughout Ireland and are predominantly Bronze Age in date, though some may extend into earlier or later periods.
The monument is protected by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities under statutory reference 14403, recognising its archaeological and historical significance within the Omagh landscape.
Burnt mound / fulacht fiadh is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 14403. View the official record →
Burnt mound is a prehistoric burnt mound, or fulacht fiadh, situated near Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 14403.
Burnt mound / fulacht fiadh dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a burnt mound. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Burnt mound / fulacht fiadh 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 14403.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dermot & grania's bed. wedge tomb (7.7 km), Carnanbane. court tomb (8 km), Court tomb & sweat house (8.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Burnt mound / fulacht fiadh'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.
Burnt mound / fulacht fiadh stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Ordovician To Silurian, bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is felsic-rock.