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# Ring Barrow, Omagh
The ring barrow at Omagh is a Bronze Age burial monument comprising a circular earthwork with an internal mound. Located in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, the site sits upon bedrock of the Kilskeery Group, a Chesterian formation of sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate that characterises much of the local landscape. This geologically diverse substrate would have presented particular challenges for construction, though the varied stone types available may have been exploited in the monument's building materials.
Ring barrows represent a distinctive phase of Bronze Age funerary practice, typically encompassing cremation burials within a central mound surrounded by a ditch and outer bank. The Omagh example sits within a broader archaeological tradition extending across Ireland and Britain, reflecting the ritual and social importance placed upon commemorating the dead during this period.
The monument is protected under Historic Environment Division reference 15659, recognising its significance as a surviving example of Bronze Age monumental architecture in the north of Ireland. The site's position at grid reference H3948156745 preserves an important record of prehistoric settlement patterns and burial practices in the Tyrone landscape.
Ring barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 15659. View the official record →
# Ring Barrow, Omagh The ring barrow at Omagh is a Bronze Age burial monument comprising a circular earthwork with an internal mound. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 15659.
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 15659.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Carnnamoghil. multiple cist cairn (1.5 km), Standing stone (2.1 km), Giant's grave. portal tomb (2.4 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 Kilskeery Group, bedrock that formed in the Chesterian. The rock here is sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate.