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Beaghmore Stone Circles and Cairns is a Bronze Age megalithic complex located near Cookstown in County Tyrone, comprising two stone circles, a standing stone, and three cairns. The monument occupies high ground where Ordovician to Silurian felsic igneous rock forms the bedrock, part of the varied geological substrate that characterises this region of Northern Ireland. The site is protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference number 14450.
The two stone circles represent a form of ceremonial or ritual landscape typical of Bronze Age communities across the British Isles. Such monuments often served as gathering places for communal gatherings, astronomical observation, or funerary practices. The associated cairns—burial mounds constructed from stone—suggest this complex held significant meaning for successive generations, who may have added to or reused the site over extended periods.
The standing stone, positioned within this setting, completes a carefully composed Bronze Age ensemble. The combination of circles, cairns and upright stone indicates a landscape deliberately organised for purposes now lost to time. The underlying felsic bedrock, being harder and more resistant than surrounding geology, may have influenced both the monument's placement and the practical ability to establish such substantial stone structures at this location.
Standing stone, three cairns & two stone circles is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 14450. View the official record →
Beaghmore Stone Circles and Cairns is a Bronze Age megalithic complex located near Cookstown in County Tyrone, comprising two stone circles, a standing stone, and three cairns. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 14450.
Standing stone, three cairns & two stone circles dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a megalithic complex. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Standing stone, three cairns & two stone circles 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 14450.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including 'graveyard'. prehistoric burial (3.7 km), Stone circle (4.1 km), Dermot & grania's bed. wedge tomb (4.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Standing stone, three cairns & two stone circles'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.
Standing stone, three cairns & two stone circles stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Ordovician To Silurian, bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is felsic-rock.