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Carnnamoghil is a multiple cist cairn of Bronze Age date situated near Omagh in County Tyrone. The monument comprises a cairn structure containing several stone burial cists, a burial form characteristic of the Bronze Age period in Ireland. The site rests on bedrock of the Kilskeery Group, a Chesterian-age formation composed of sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate that would have provided ready material for cairn construction. The landscape around Omagh, shaped by this underlying geology, offered suitable stone for both the outer cairn structure and the internal cist slabs that contained individual burials.
Multiple cist cairns were communal burial monuments, suggesting the site served an extended family or community group over a period of time. The preservation of several distinct burial chambers within a single cairn indicates repeated use and maintenance across generations. Such monuments represent significant communal investment in funerary practice and landscape marking during the Bronze Age.
Carnnamoghil is protected as a scheduled monument under the Historic Environment Division (reference 15651), recognising its archaeological importance as evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial practices in the region. The monument contributes to understanding prehistoric communities in the wider Omagh area and their relationship with the local geology and environment.
Carnnamoghil. multiple cist cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 15651. View the official record →
Carnnamoghil is a multiple cist cairn of Bronze Age date situated near Omagh in County Tyrone. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 15651.
Carnnamoghil. multiple cist cairn dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Carnnamoghil. multiple cist 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 15651.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Standing stone (0.6 km), Giant's grave. portal tomb (1.5 km), Crockroe. large hilltop enclosure (1.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Carnnamoghil. multiple cist cairn'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.
Carnnamoghil. multiple cist cairn stands on Kilskeery Group, bedrock that formed in the Chesterian. The rock here is sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate.