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Cloghanachorite is a boulder featuring a series of cup-shaped hollows carved into its surface, located near Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The rock belongs to a class of prehistoric monuments known as cup-marked stones, though its precise dating remains uncertain. Such hollows were typically created during the Neolithic or Bronze Age periods through repeated percussion with stone tools, though the exact chronological placement of this particular example has not been definitively established. The monument represents evidence of ritual or symbolic activity in the prehistoric landscape of Ulster, though its specific cultural function and ceremonial context remain subjects of archaeological interpretation.
Cloghanachorite, cloghnachorite. boulder with hollows is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 14896. View the official record →
Cloghanachorite is a boulder featuring a series of cup-shaped hollows carved into its surface, located near Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 14896.
Cloghanachorite, cloghnachorite. boulder with hollows dates from the uncertain period, and is classified as a boulder. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cloghanachorite, cloghnachorite. boulder with hollows 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 14896.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Giant's grave. court tomb (0.3 km), Platform rath (0.4 km), Counterscarp rath (0.5 km).
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