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Cookstown Trackway is a prehistoric trackway located in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, at grid reference H7664082650. The route lies across bedrock of Silurian-age mafic igneous rock, part of an unnamed intrusion dating to the Ordovician to Silurian period. This ancient geological foundation would have presented a naturally firm surface, suitable for the repeated passage of people and animals across the landscape in prehistoric times.
The trackway represents evidence of sustained movement and communication across the terrain during the prehistoric period. Such routes often developed through long-term use, becoming worn into the surface as generations of travellers followed the same path between settlements, resources or gathering places. The underlying igneous bedrock may have made this particular line of travel more stable and durable than softer ground nearby.
The Cookstown Trackway is protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference number 14823, recognising its significance as a record of prehistoric activity and land use in this part of County Tyrone. The monument survives as an archaeological resource documenting patterns of movement and settlement in the early human occupation of Ulster.
Trackway is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 14823. View the official record →
Cookstown Trackway is a prehistoric trackway located in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, at grid reference H7664082650.
Trackway dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a trackway. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Trackway 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 14823.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wedge tomb (0.7 km), Counterscarp rath (2.3 km), The black fort. rath (2.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Trackway'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.
Trackway stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Ordovician To Silurian, bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is mafic igneous-rock.