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Slievebeg is a prehistoric stone circle complex located near Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The site comprises four distinct stone circles arranged across the landscape, together with a stone alignment that connects them into a unified ceremonial composition. This multi-circle arrangement is characteristic of later Neolithic or Early Bronze Age ritual practice, when communities invested considerable labour in creating linked sacred spaces for gatherings and ceremonies.
The monument stands upon bedrock of the Argyll Group, ancient sedimentary rocks formed during the Neoproterozoic era, comprising psammite, semipelite and pelite. This varied geology would have provided the builders with naturally occurring stone of different qualities suitable for monument construction. The local landscape and available materials thus shaped the particular character of this ritual site.
Slievebeg is protected by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities under reference 14334, recognising its importance as a rare multi-circle complex. The surviving stones remain visible evidence of prehistoric engineering and communal ceremonial practice in the Sperrins uplands, preserving a significant record of the region's ancient landscape.
Slievebeg, standing stones. four stone circles & alignment is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 14334. View the official record →
Slievebeg is a prehistoric stone circle complex located near Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 14334.
Slievebeg, standing stones. four stone circles & alignment dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a stone circle complex. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Slievebeg, standing stones. four stone circles & alignment 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 14334.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stone circle (0.5 km), Rath (2.8 km), Rath (4.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Slievebeg, standing stones. four stone circles & alignment'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.
Slievebeg, standing stones. four stone circles & alignment stands on Argyll Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite, semipelite and pelite.