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Cappagh Church is a medieval ecclesiastical site comprising the remains of a church and graveyard located near Omagh in County Tyrone. The monument sits on bedrock of the Omagh Sandstone Group, a geological formation of sandstone, siltstone and mudstone laid down during the Tournaisian period of the Carboniferous era. This locally available stone would have provided suitable material for the church's construction, typical of medieval building practice in the region.
The site represents an important element of early Christian settlement in the Omagh area, with its associated graveyard indicating a place of spiritual significance and community burial over an extended period. Such church and graveyard combinations were characteristic of early medieval Irish ecclesiastical organisation, serving both pastoral and funerary functions for the surrounding population.
The monument is afforded statutory protection by the Historic Environment Division of Northern Ireland under reference 14592, recognising its archaeological and historical importance. The surviving earthworks and any subsurface deposits preserve evidence of medieval religious life and burial practices in this part of Ulster, contributing to understanding of the region's ecclesiastical heritage.
Cappagh church, old church. church & graveyard is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 14592. View the official record →
Cappagh Church is a medieval ecclesiastical site comprising the remains of a church and graveyard located near Omagh in County Tyrone. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 14592.
Cappagh church, old church. church & graveyard dates from the e.christ. period, and is classified as a ecclesiastical site. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cappagh church, old church. church & graveyard 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 14592.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two stone circles, cairn(s) & standing stone(s) (1.8 km), Stone circle & possible alignment (2 km), Cloghogle. court tomb (2.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Cappagh church, old church. church & graveyard'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.
Cappagh church, old church. church & graveyard stands on Omagh Sandstone Group, bedrock that formed in the Tournaisian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.