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Fermanagh Megalithic Tomb is a prehistoric megalithic monument located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference 9637. The tomb sits upon bedrock of the Tyrone Group, Visean-period sedimentary deposits comprising limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone interspersed with chert, coal and conglomerate. This geology reflects the ancient marine and deltaic environments of the Carboniferous period that shaped the wider landscape of this region of Ulster.
Megalithic tombs of this type, typically constructed during the Neolithic period, functioned as communal burial chambers and ceremonial centres for prehistoric communities. The availability of stone within the local bedrock and surface deposits would have provided essential building materials for the monument's construction, whilst the elevated Fermanagh terrain offered a prominent setting for this significant ceremonial site.
The monument remains an important archaeological record of Neolithic settlement patterns and mortuary practice in the region. Its survival in the landscape contributes to our understanding of prehistoric land use, social organisation and the relationship between early farming communities and their environment in north-western Ireland.
Megalithic tomb is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 9637. View the official record →
Fermanagh Megalithic Tomb is a prehistoric megalithic monument located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference 9637.
Megalithic tomb dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a megalithic tomb. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Megalithic tomb 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 9637.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Giant's grave. wedge tomb (0 km), Giant's grave. wedge tomb (0.4 km), Giant's grave. wedge tomb (0.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Megalithic tomb'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.
Megalithic tomb 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.