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Sess Kilgreen is a Neolithic passage tomb situated near Dungannon in County Tyrone. This megalithic monument dates to the fourth millennium before Christ, when farming communities first arrived in Ireland and constructed monumental stone structures for burial and ritual purposes. Passage tombs characteristically comprise a stone-built internal chamber accessed by a narrow corridor, all originally covered by an earthen mound.
The monument sits upon bedrock of the Tyrone Group, Carboniferous limestone interbedded with mudstone, sandstone and siltstone, overlain by glacial deposits typical of this region. The underlying geology would have influenced where builders found suitable stone for the tomb's construction and determined the soil conditions affecting preservation of any organic remains within the chamber.
As a protected monument recorded by the Historic Environment Division of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency under reference 15511, Sess Kilgreen remains an important archaeological resource. Passage tombs in this region represent a distinctive cultural practice, providing evidence for Neolithic society's organisation, spiritual beliefs and monumental ambitions during the earliest period of farming settlement in Ireland.
Sess kilgreen. passage tomb is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 15511. View the official record →
Sess Kilgreen is a Neolithic passage tomb situated near Dungannon in County Tyrone. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 15511.
Sess kilgreen. 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.
Sess kilgreen. 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 15511.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Favor royal bawn. favor royal bawn (5.4 km), Bivallate rath (5.5 km), Bivallate rath (6.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Sess kilgreen. 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.
Sess kilgreen. passage tomb 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.