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Wedge Tomb is a Neolithic or Bronze Age megalithic burial monument located near Omagh in County Tyrone. The tomb sits upon Argyll Group bedrock, Neoproterozoic psammite, semipelite and pelite formations that dominate the underlying geology of this region. These ancient metamorphic rocks, formed hundreds of millions of years before the monument's construction, provided both the landscape context and stone resources for the builders who fashioned this burial structure.
Wedge tombs are characterised by their distinctive wedge-shaped chamber, broader at the entrance and narrowing towards the rear, a design that distinguishes them from other megalithic burial types across the island of Ireland. These monuments typically date between 3500 and 2500 BCE and represent a widespread funerary tradition among farming communities of the prehistoric period.
The monument is protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference 14588 as a scheduled ancient monument of archaeological significance. Its survival in the landscape near Omagh contributes to understanding the distribution, construction techniques and ritual practices associated with megalithic burial in the north of Ireland during the Neolithic and early Bronze Age periods.
Wedge tomb is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 14588. View the official record →
Wedge Tomb is a Neolithic or Bronze Age megalithic burial monument located near Omagh in County Tyrone. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 14588.
Wedge tomb dates from the neo/b.a. period, and is classified as a megalithic tomb. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Wedge tomb 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 14588.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Chambered grave, cloghogle. court tomb (0.1 km), Cloghogle. court tomb (2 km), Stone circle & possible alignment (2.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Wedge tomb'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.
Wedge tomb stands on Argyll Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite, semipelite and pelite.