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Mote, cairn and enclosures is a Neolithic and Bronze Age mound located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The site served as an inauguration location, a ceremonial function that places it within the tradition of elevated assembly sites known across prehistoric Britain and Ireland. The monument sits upon bedrock of the Tyrone Group, a geological formation dating to the Visean period, comprising limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone interspersed with chert, coal and conglomerate. This varied substrate would have influenced both the construction technique and the sourcing of stone used in the mound's building.
The monument's designation as both cairn and enclosures indicates a complex arrangement of earthwork and stone features typical of significant prehistoric ceremonial sites. The raised mound itself would have commanded views across the surrounding landscape, making it ideally positioned for gatherings and formal proceedings. Associated enclosures likely contained and structured the movement of people during these inauguration ceremonies, reflecting the organised ritual practices of their builders.
The site is protected by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities, Northern Ireland, under reference 10960, recognising its archaeological and historical importance as evidence of pre-Iron Age settlement patterns and ceremonial practice in the Fermanagh region.
Mote. cairn & enclosures - inauguration site is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 10960. View the official record →
Mote, cairn and enclosures is a Neolithic and Bronze Age mound located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 10960.
Mote. cairn & enclosures - inauguration site dates from the neo/b.a. period, and is classified as a mound. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Mote. cairn & enclosures - inauguration site 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 10960.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Henge? (0 km), Circular enclosure (0.1 km), Bowl? barrow (0.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Mote. cairn & enclosures - inauguration site'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.
Mote. cairn & enclosures - inauguration site 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.