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Dungannon Passage Tomb is a Neolithic megalithic monument located in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The tomb was constructed during the Neolithic period, when passage tombs emerged as significant communal burial structures across the Irish landscape. Built upon bedrock of the Fintona Group—Late Devonian sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate—the monument reflects the builder's practical engagement with local geology. The underlying stone would have been accessible to those quarrying materials for the tomb's construction.
Passage tombs typically comprise a central chamber accessed by a narrow passageway, all roofed by corbelled stone and covered by a substantial earthen mound. Such structures served as collective repositories for the dead and likely held social and ritual significance beyond their funerary function. The Dungannon example contributes to the well-documented distribution of passage tombs across Ulster and beyond.
The monument is now protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference 15530, ensuring its preservation as a record of Neolithic burial practice and engineering. The site remains an important archaeological resource for understanding the communities who inhabited this part of Ireland during the prehistoric past.
Passage tomb is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 15530. View the official record →
Dungannon Passage Tomb is a Neolithic megalithic monument located in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 15530.
Passage 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.
Passage 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 15530.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath (5.5 km), Favor royal bawn. favor royal bawn (6.6 km), Bivallate rath (6.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Passage 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.
Passage tomb stands on Fintona Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate.