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The Dungannon stone circle is a Bronze Age monument situated in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, comprising stones arranged in a circular formation typical of ritual and ceremonial sites from the second millennium BC. The monument lies upon bedrock of the Kilskeery Group, a geological formation of Chesterian age composed of sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate, which would have been exposed or near-surface in the Bronze Age landscape. This underlying geology influenced both the selection of the site and the availability of stone for the monument's construction.
Stone circles and alignments served various functions within Bronze Age societies, functioning as meeting places, astronomical markers, or focal points for burial and ritual activity. The arrangement of stones at Dungannon reflects the considerable effort invested by prehistoric communities in creating permanent monuments on the landscape, demonstrating social organisation and shared cultural practices across Ireland during the Bronze Age period.
The monument is recorded on the Historic Environment Division's register of protected monuments under reference 15662. This protection recognises its significance as archaeological evidence of prehistoric settlement, belief systems and land-use patterns in the Dungannon area. The site contributes to understanding Bronze Age cultural practices and landscape management in Northern Ireland.
Stone circle & alignment is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 15662. View the official record →
The Dungannon stone circle is a Bronze Age monument situated in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, comprising stones arranged in a circular formation typical of ritual and ceremonial sites from the second millennium BC. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 15662.
Stone circle & alignment dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a stone circle. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Stone circle & 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 15662.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Standing stone (0.8 km), Crockroe. large hilltop enclosure (1.5 km), Giant's grave. portal tomb (2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Stone circle & 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.
Stone circle & alignment stands on Kilskeery Group, bedrock that formed in the Chesterian. The rock here is sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate.