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Omagh Stone Circle Complex is a Bronze Age monument comprising two stone circles, two cairns and an alignment of stones, situated in County Tyrone. The site occupies high ground underlain by Ordovician to Silurian mafic igneous bedrock, which would have been visible and available to the Bronze Age communities who constructed these features. The arrangement reflects ritual and ceremonial practices common to the Bronze Age in Ulster, when such stone complexes served functions linked to burial, gathering, and celestial observation.
The two stone circles represent distinct phases of construction or use, typical of major ritual landscapes that accumulated features over generations. Associated cairns indicate burial activity, a central purpose of Bronze Age stone monuments in the region. The alignment of additional stones suggests deliberate spatial planning, possibly oriented to significant astronomical events or to connect the separate elements into a unified sacred geography.
The complex remains protected by the Historic Environment Division as a scheduled monument, recognising its archaeological significance as evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns, social organisation and belief systems in Ulster. The mafic igneous geology of the site would have influenced both the materials available for construction and the symbolic importance of the location to its builders.
Stone circles (2), cairns (2) & alignment is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 15028. View the official record →
Omagh Stone Circle Complex is a Bronze Age monument comprising two stone circles, two cairns and an alignment of stones, situated in County Tyrone. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 15028.
Stone circles (2), cairns (2) & alignment dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a stone circle complex. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Stone circles (2), cairns (2) & 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 15028.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Horned cairn. court tomb (4.5 km), Dunmisk fort. enclosure, monastic settlement, church & graveyard (site of) (4.9 km), Long cairns, giant's graves. court tomb (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Stone circles (2), cairns (2) & 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 circles (2), cairns (2) & alignment stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Ordovician To Silurian, bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is mafic igneous-rock.