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Henge is a prehistoric henge monument located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, and is protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference number 10966. The monument sits upon bedrock of the Tyrone Group, a Visean-age succession comprising limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone with subordinate deposits of chert, coal and conglomerate. This underlying geology would have shaped both the construction possibilities and the visual character of the site when first built in prehistoric times.
As with other henges across Britain and Ireland, the monument likely served a ceremonial or ritual function for the prehistoric communities of the region. The combination of stone types in the local bedrock provided potential building materials, though henges typically featured earthwork rather than stone construction. The Fermanagh landscape, with its distinctive topography shaped by glacial and limestone geology, would have been familiar terrain to the societies that created this monument.
Today, the henge remains a significant archaeological record of prehistoric ritual practice in Ulster. Its designation as a protected monument recognises its importance to understanding the ceremonial landscapes of prehistoric Ireland and the broader cultural connections between island and mainland communities during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods.
Henge is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 10966. View the official record →
Henge is a prehistoric henge monument located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, and is protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference number 10966.
Henge dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a henge. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Henge 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 10966.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath (0.1 km), Bowl? barrow (0.1 km), Henge? (0.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Henge'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.
Henge 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.