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Beaghmore Stone Circles is a prehistoric stone circle complex located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The site comprises a central stone circle with two linear alignments of standing stones extending outward, a configuration characteristic of Neolithic and Bronze Age ceremonial monuments. The stones are set upon bedrock of the Kilskeery Group, a formation of sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate dating to the Chesterian period, whose varied lithologies would have weathered to create the landscape in which these ritual monuments were erected.
The alignments and circle arrangement suggest the site served ceremonial or astronomical functions during prehistory, with the linear stones possibly marking significant solar or lunar events visible from this upland location. The preservation of the monument's layout allows study of prehistoric spatial planning and the relationship between constructed stone arrangements and the natural terrain.
The site is protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference 10303, recognising its archaeological and cultural significance as evidence of prehistoric religious practice and monumental construction in Ulster. It remains an important example of Neolithic or Bronze Age ceremonial architecture in the wider landscape of County Fermanagh.
Stone circle & two alignments is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 10303. View the official record →
Beaghmore Stone Circles is a prehistoric stone circle complex located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 10303.
Stone circle & two alignments 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.
Stone circle & two alignments 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 10303.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stone circle, cloghcor stone circle. cairn kerb (2.8 km), Platform rath (3.7 km), Tamlaght. multiperiod church site & graveyard (e.christian-post med.) with cross-carved stone, finial stone & bullaun (4.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Stone circle & two alignments'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 & two alignments stands on Kilskeery Group, bedrock that formed in the Chesterian. The rock here is sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate.