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Dungannon Mound is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The mound sits upon bedrock of the Tyrone Group, Visean limestone and associated mudstones, sandstones and siltstones that underlie much of the local landscape. This geological foundation provided the raw material for the earthwork's construction and would have shaped how the monument was built and how it has weathered over millennia.
The mound represents a characteristic Bronze Age burial practice, when substantial earthen mounds were raised to commemorate the dead and mark territorial significance. Such monuments typically contained cremated or inhumed remains, though the specific contents and date within the Bronze Age period remain to be determined by investigation. The monument's survival in the Dungannon landscape testifies to its cultural importance.
The site is protected under the Historic Environment Division of Northern Ireland as a scheduled monument (reference 15507), reflecting its archaeological significance. The mound's position in the rolling terrain of mid-Ulster, sitting atop Visean bedrock, provides an important example of Bronze Age burial practice in the region and contributes to our understanding of prehistoric settlement and commemorative practices in Northern Ireland.
Mound is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 15507. View the official record →
Dungannon Mound is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 15507.
Mound dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a mound. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Mound 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 15507.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath (4.7 km), Favor royal bawn. favor royal bawn (5.8 km), Bivallate rath (5.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Mound'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.
Mound 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.