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Oweyanivore is a court tomb situated near Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. This Neolithic megalithic monument represents a distinctive form of communal burial structure built during the fourth millennium BC. Court tombs are characteristic of the Irish Neolithic, identified by their forecourt area leading to an internal burial chamber, and served as focal points for the ritual and social practices of early farming communities.
The monument stands on bedrock composed of Ordovician extrusive rocks, specifically mafic lava and mafic tuff formed during the Ordovician period over 440 million years ago. This ancient volcanic geology provided the stone resources that Neolithic builders would have quarried and shaped for the tomb's construction, creating massive orthostatic walls and capstones typical of court tomb architecture.
Oweyanivore is protected as a scheduled monument by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities, ensuring its preservation as a significant archaeological asset. The site continues to contribute to our understanding of Neolithic settlement patterns, burial practices and territorial organisation in the Ulster region during the prehistoric period.
Oweyanivore, oweyanirvore. court tomb is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 14957. View the official record →
Oweyanivore is a court tomb situated near Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 14957.
Oweyanivore, oweyanirvore. court tomb dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a megalithic tomb. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Oweyanivore, oweyanirvore. court 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 14957.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bivallate rath (3.3 km), Cloghfin. portal tomb (4.1 km), Court tomb (4.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Oweyanivore, oweyanirvore. court tomb's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Oweyanivore, oweyanirvore. court tomb stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.