Beaghmore Stone Circles and Alignments

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BEAGHMORE, COUNTY TYRONE

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Discovered in the 1930s, these impressive, ritualistic stones have been dated back to at least the early Bronze, and may even be Neolithic. There are three pairs of stone circles, one single circle, stone rows or alignments, and cairns, which range in height from one to four feet. This is an area littered with historic monuments, many discovered by people cutting turf.

Beaghmore Stone Circles and Alignments
BEAGHMORE, Co Tyrone

Features

Facilities
  • Parking onsite
Opening times
  • Open all year
  • Opening Times: Open access all year

About the area

Discover County Tyrone

Rising from the shores of Lough Neagh in the east, to the Sperrin Mountains in the west, County Tyrone is Northern Ireland’s largest, and Omagh is the county town.

Just outside Omagh is the Ulster American Folk Park, which is one of Northern Ireland’s most successful visitor attractions. The site is divided into Irish and American areas, linked by a reconstruction of one of the ships in which Irish emigrants journeyed to the New World. Costumed guides work as their ancestors would have worked, and are always ready to explain and to answer questions. The park came into being thanks to the generosity of the Mellon family of the United States, whose ancestor Thomas emigrated from the Omagh area with his family in 1818 when he was just five years old. Like many Irish emigrants he prospered, becoming a judge; his son Andrew founded Pittsburgh’s steel industry. The park’s large collection of original buildings has been assembled from locations all over Northern Ireland and also from America. The Centre for Migration Studies at the park has a specialist reference library available to any member of the public wishing to research any aspect of emigration and genealogy.

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