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Dungannon Wedge Tomb is a Neolithic or Bronze Age megalithic monument located in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The site sits on bedrock of the Fintona Group, a sequence of sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate formed during the Late Devonian period. This geology would have presented considerable challenges to the builders, who selected stone suitable for construction from the local landscape.
Wedge tombs are a distinctive megalithic form, characterised by a tapering burial chamber wider at the entrance and narrowing towards the rear. Built during the Neolithic period with some continuing in use into the Bronze Age, these monuments served as communal burial places and held ritual significance for prehistoric communities. Wedge tombs are particularly numerous in Ireland, with over 600 examples recorded.
The Dungannon example is protected as a scheduled monument by the Historic Environment Division under reference 15706. Its survival to the present day reflects the durability of its stone construction and the protection afforded by scheduling legislation. The site contributes to our understanding of prehistoric funerary practices and settlement patterns in mid-Ulster during the early agricultural period.
Wedge tomb is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 15706. View the official record →
Dungannon Wedge Tomb is a Neolithic or Bronze Age megalithic monument located in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 15706.
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 15706.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Standing stone (1.6 km), Wedge tomb (2.4 km), Aghintain castle, aughentaine castle. c17th fortified house & bawn (3.2 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 Fintona Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate.