© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR)
Cairn is a prehistoric cairn located in the Cookstown area of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The monument represents a funerary or ceremonial structure of Neolithic or Bronze Age date, belonging to the tradition of cairn construction that characterises the prehistoric archaeology of the region. Such cairns typically comprised heaped stone construction, often containing burial deposits or serving ritual purposes within prehistoric communities. The site is recorded within the Northern Ireland Scheduled Monuments Register under the designation HED NI NISMR MonID 14433, acknowledging its archaeological importance as evidence of early settlement and ritual practice in the locality.
Cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 14433. View the official record →
Cairn is a prehistoric cairn located in the Cookstown area of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 14433.
Cairn dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cairn 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 14433.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn (0.2 km), Cairn & alignment (0.4 km), Bradley's cairn. round cairn with standing stones (0.7 km).
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any address in the UK — drawing on scheduled monument data, Domesday records, Roman heritage, PAS finds and medieval history to reveal the complete story of a landscape.
Research the area around Cairn