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Graveyard is a possible Bronze Age cairn located near Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The monument stands on bedrock composed of Ordovician extrusive rocks, ancient mafic lavas and tuffs that underlie much of this part of the Sperrins landscape. These volcanic deposits, formed over 450 million years ago, provide a foundation of substantial dark stone that would have been available to Bronze Age communities constructing burial monuments in the region.
The cairn represents a burial tradition that flourished across Ireland during the Bronze Age, when stone heaps marked the graves of the dead and served as enduring territorial markers. Such monuments varied considerably in scale and construction, but typically consisted of stones gathered and piled to create a prominent mound visible across the surrounding terrain. The local geology would have supplied suitable material for this purpose.
The site is recorded in the Historic Environment Division register under reference 14383 and benefits from statutory protection. Its survival into the modern period reflects both its robust construction and the landscape's continuity of use. The monument contributes to our understanding of prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns in the upland regions of Ulster.
'graveyard'. prehistoric burial is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 14383. View the official record →
Graveyard is a possible Bronze Age cairn located near Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 14383.
'graveyard'. prehistoric burial dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a cairnpossible. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
'graveyard'. prehistoric burial 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 14383.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dermot & grania's bed. wedge tomb (6.9 km), Carnanbane. court tomb (7.2 km), Court tomb & sweat house (7.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of 'graveyard'. prehistoric burial'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.
'graveyard'. prehistoric burial stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.