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Lisnamallard is a prehistoric henge located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Henges are ceremonial earthwork monuments comprising a circular bank with an internal ditch, typically dating to the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods. This example stands on bedrock formed from the Tyrone Group, a Visean-age geological sequence composed of limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone interspersed with chert, coal and conglomerate. These mixed lithologies would have influenced both the monument's construction and its visual setting within the local landscape.
The monument lies within an archaeologically significant region where prehistoric communities exploited diverse raw materials and seasonal resources. The underlying geology, with its bands of harder sandstone and softer mudstone, shaped the topography that prehistoric builders encountered when selecting this site for ceremonial use. The chert deposits within the bedrock would have been locally available for tool-making.
Lisnamallard is protected as a scheduled monument under reference 11007 by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities. As a surviving prehistoric henge, it provides evidence of ritual and social organisation among early farming societies in the north-western reaches of the island. The monument's preservation allows for ongoing study of prehistoric settlement patterns and ceremonial practice in this geologically distinctive corner of Ulster.
Lisnamallard. henge is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 11007. View the official record →
Lisnamallard is a prehistoric henge located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 11007.
Lisnamallard. 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.
Lisnamallard. 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 11007.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Fundamental bench mark (4.7 km), Large hilltop enclosure (5.6 km), The black pig's dyke. linear earthwork (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Lisnamallard. 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.
Lisnamallard. 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.