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Church & Graveyard, Omagh is a post-medieval ecclesiastical site situated on bedrock of the Shanmullagh Formation, a geological unit comprising sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate that formed during the Famennian period. The site occupies the landscape at grid reference H4568069800, in County Tyrone. As a place of worship and burial ground, it represents the religious and community life of Omagh during the post-medieval period, when the established church played a central role in parochial administration and social identity.
The monument is protected by the Historic Environment Division of Northern Ireland under reference 15208, recognising its significance as a record of ecclesiastical and burial practice. Post-medieval churches and their graveyards commonly functioned as focal points for local parishes, serving both spiritual and secular purposes including the recording of births, marriages and deaths. The solid geological foundation provided by the Shanmullagh Formation's competent strata supported the construction of stone buildings typical of this era.
The site's survival within the modern townland of Omagh preserves evidence of the area's religious heritage and settlement patterns across the post-medieval centuries.
Church & graveyard is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 15208. View the official record →
Church & Graveyard, Omagh is a post-medieval ecclesiastical site situated on bedrock of the Shanmullagh Formation, a geological unit comprising sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate that formed during the Famennian period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 15208.
Church & graveyard dates from the post-med period, and is classified as a ecclesiastical site. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
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 15208.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Large hilltop enclosure - hillfort? (2.5 km), Counterscarp rath (3.1 km), Platform rath (3.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of 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.
Church & graveyard stands on Shanmullagh Formation, bedrock that formed in the Famennian. The rock here is sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate.