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Druid's Circle is a prehistoric stone circle situated near Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The monument comprises a roughly circular arrangement of stones, likely dating to the Bronze Age, when such ritual or ceremonial sites were constructed across the Irish landscape. The stones rest upon bedrock of the Tyrone Group, a mixed sedimentary formation of limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone deposited during the Visean period of the Carboniferous era, which underlies much of the local geology.
The site's precise function remains unclear, though such circles typically served ceremonial, burial or astronomical purposes within their respective communities. The arrangement of stones may also represent a cairn kerb, a boundary of stones surrounding a burial mound, reflecting practices common in prehistoric Ulster. The monument's survival through millennia of land use and agricultural activity in this intensively worked landscape underscores its significance to the region's deep history.
Druid's Circle is protected as a scheduled monument by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities under reference number 14862. This statutory protection recognises its archaeological importance and ensures the preservation of this Bronze Age site for future generations and research.
Druid's circle. stone circle or cairn kerb is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 14862. View the official record →
Druid's Circle is a prehistoric stone circle situated near Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 14862.
Druid's circle. stone circle or cairn kerb dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a stone circlepossible. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Druid's circle. stone circle or cairn kerb 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 14862.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stone alignment (5 km), Stone circle & two alignments (5.1 km), Giant's grave. court tomb (5.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Druid's circle. stone circle or cairn kerb'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.
Druid's circle. stone circle or cairn kerb stands on Tyrone Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone, with subordinate chert, coal and conglomerate.