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Beaghmore Stone Circle is a Bronze Age stone circle located near Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The monument stands on bedrock of the Kilskeery Group, a geological formation dating to the Chesterian period comprising sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate. This varied substrate would have presented Bronze Age builders with a mixed terrain of stone and softer sedimentary materials across the upland landscape where the circle was constructed.
The stone circle is situated in a landscape characteristic of early Bronze Age ceremonial or ritual activity in Ulster. The surrounding geology, with its mixture of readily accessible stone and softer deposits, reflects the natural resources available to communities who established such monuments during the second millennium BC. The monument's position on this particular geology would have influenced both its construction and its relationship to the broader settlement and ritual patterns of the region.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument by the Historic Environment Division of Northern Ireland under reference 15384. Its preservation allows for continued study of Bronze Age stone circles in their full landscape context, including the interaction between monument placement, local geology, and regional patterns of prehistoric activity across the Sperrin foothills and surrounding terrain.
Stone circle is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 15384. View the official record →
Beaghmore Stone Circle is a Bronze Age stone circle located near Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 15384.
Stone circle 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 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 15384.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Crockroe. large hilltop enclosure (4.1 km), Kilknock old burial ground. wedge tomb (4.8 km), Two stone circles, standing stone & alignment (5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Stone circle'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 stands on Kilskeery Group, bedrock that formed in the Chesterian. The rock here is sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate.