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The Ring Barrow, Dungannon is a Bronze Age burial mound characterised by a circular earthen bank and ditch. Located in County Tyrone, the monument sits on bedrock of the Tyrone Group, a geological formation dating to the Visean period composed primarily of limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone with subordinate chert, coal and conglomerate. This underlying geology would have influenced both the monument's construction and its preservation in the landscape.
Ring barrows such as this example represent a widespread burial tradition across Ireland and Britain during the Bronze Age, typically constructed to mark elite or high-status interments. The circular form creates a distinctive earthwork that would have remained visible within the local topography for millennia, serving as a permanent memorial to the deceased and their community. The site's specific siting reflects Bronze Age settlement patterns and territorial organisation in this region of Ulster.
The monument is protected by the Historic Environment Division under statutory designation reference 14771. Such protection recognises the importance of Bronze Age funerary monuments in understanding early metal-working societies and social hierarchy. The Ring Barrow contributes to the broader archaeological record of Bronze Age activity in County Tyrone and remains a significant element of the area's heritage landscape.
Ring barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 14771. View the official record →
The Ring Barrow, Dungannon is a Bronze Age burial mound characterised by a circular earthen bank and ditch. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 14771.
Ring barrow dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a barrow. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Ring barrow 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 14771.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Eel weir (0.3 km), Horned cairn. court tomb (1.3 km), Crannog in carnteel lough (1.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Ring barrow'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.
Ring barrow 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.