Beaghmore

Beaghmore is a Bronze Age megalithic complex of stone circles, stone rows and cairns in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The site is noted for its clustered arrangement of low stone circles and associated alignments.

The visible remains include a group of stone circles, several stone rows and multiple burial cairns set in rough peatland; the layout is typical of ritual and funerary complexes from the later prehistoric period. The site is accessible on foot from a nearby car park and is interpreted as part of the wider prehistoric landscape of the Sperrin foothills.

Archaeological work in the 20th century recorded and conserved the stones; the site is generally described as Bronze Age in date and is managed as a protected heritage monument.

Beaghmore lies in County Tyrone near the town of Cookstown, set on upland bog and rough pasture at the western edge of the Sperrin foothills.

• Layout: The arrangement includes a group of low stone circles together with several straight stone rows and cairns, characteristic of Bronze Age ritual sites in the region.

What to See #

• Stone circles: A cluster of low stone circles that form the most visually striking element of the site; several of the circles are incomplete or surrounded by low set stones.
• Stone rows and cairns: Multiple stone rows and a number of cairns and burial mounds that extend around and between the circles, forming an integrated ritual landscape.