Beaghmore Stone Circles: This site consists of a cairn & a standing stone set between 2 stone circles. Beaghmore, a complex of early Bronze Age megalithic stone circles and cairns, on the edge of the Sperrin Mountains. Broughderg is a rural area boasting many Archaological treasures indicating 7000 years of human habitation.
The circles and rows we see at the site today are thought to date from about 1600 BC, the early Bronze Age, but they are not the earliest evidence of usage of the site. Hearths and deposits of flint tools were discovered and have been carbon dated to 2900-2600BC, in addition, several of the stone rows run over the tumbled walls of field structures which also date from the Neolithic period.
09-02-2003· On Wednesday 9th April 2003 at the National Astronomy Meeting in Dublin, Professor Clive Ruggles of the University of Leicester will described his research on a number of distinctive and remarkably complex Bronze Age monuments, consisting of interrelated stone circles, rows, and cairns, which are located in an area centred around Counties Tyrone, Fermanagh, Derry and Donegal.
The most impressive are the Bronze Age Beaghmore Stone Circles and cairns, approx. 10 miles north west of Cookstown, in the southeast of the Sperrin Mountains. Discovered during peat cutting in the 1940s the site at Beaghmore consists of seven stone circles (six of which are paired), ten stone rows and a dozen round cairns (burial mounds), some containing human remains.
Beaghmore Stones is an archaeological complex dating from the Bronze Age, comprising many stone circles and a few cairns, located in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, not far from Cookstown, in a working peat bog. Dating from 1500 B.C., Beagmore Stone
Beaghmore Stone Circles: This site consists of a cairn & a standing stone set between 2 stone circles. Beaghmore, a complex of early Bronze Age megalithic stone circles and cairns, on the edge of the Sperrin Mountains. Broughderg is a rural area boasting many Archaological treasures indicating 7000 years of human habitation.
The circles and rows we see at the site today are thought to date from about 1600 BC, the early Bronze Age, but they are not the earliest evidence of usage of the site. Hearths and deposits of flint tools were discovered and have been carbon dated to 2900-2600BC, in addition, several of the stone rows run over the tumbled walls of field structures which also date from the Neolithic period.
Beaghmore is a complex of early Bronze Age megalithic features, stone circles and cairns in the townland of Beaghmore, 8½ miles north-west of Cookstown in Tyrone, on the south-east edge of the Sperrin Mountains.. The stone circles, alignments and cairns of Beaghmore are in state care.
26-08-2018· Beaghmore Stone Circles are located outside of Cookstown in County Tyrone. Early analysis indicated that the circles were created during the early Bronze Age, approximately 2000-1200 BC. More recent findings using carbon dating show work on the site as far back as 2900 BC. 3.
The most impressive are the Bronze Age Beaghmore Stone Circles and cairns, approx. 10 miles north west of Cookstown, in the southeast of the Sperrin Mountains. Discovered during peat cutting in the 1940s the site at Beaghmore consists of seven stone circles (six of which are paired), ten stone rows and a dozen round cairns (burial mounds), some containing human remains.
Beaghmore, said to be constructed in the early Bronze age, is full of megalithic features. Stone rings, standing stones and cairns (piles of stones) dot its fields, eight and a half miles North West of Cookstown, Ireland. Although there are many sites containing stone rings in Ireland, Beaghmore is said to contain the greatest concentration.
The circles and rows we see at the site today are thought to date from about 1600 BC, the early Bronze Age, but they are not the earliest evidence of usage of the site. Hearths and deposits of flint tools were discovered and have been carbon dated to 2900-2600BC, in addition, several of the stone rows run over the tumbled walls of field structures which also date from the Neolithic period.
09-02-2003· A stone circle at Beaghmore. This Original Artwork in a glass frame is £39.99 + Postage (Just whatever it costs), and is 18 cm x 12 and a half cm. A limited (to a 100) edition print in a 8" x 10" glass frame would be £19.99 + £2.90 postage, E-mail me at [email protected] if interested.
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Beaghmore Stones is an archaeological complex dating from the Bronze Age, comprising many stone circles and a few cairns, located in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, not far from Cookstown, in a working peat bog. Dating from 1500 B.C., Beagmore Stone
Beaghmore is a complex of early Bronze Age megalithic features, stone circles and cairns in the townland of Beaghmore, 8½ miles north-west of Cookstown in Tyrone, on the south-east edge of the Sperrin Mountains.. The stone circles, alignments and cairns of Beaghmore are in state care.
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The most impressive are the Bronze Age Beaghmore Stone Circles and cairns, approx. 10 miles north west of Cookstown, in the southeast of the Sperrin Mountains. Discovered during peat cutting in the 1940s the site at Beaghmore consists of seven stone circles (six of which are paired), ten stone rows and a dozen round cairns (burial mounds), some containing human remains.
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The circles and rows we see at the site today are thought to date from about 1600 BC, the early Bronze Age, but they are not the earliest evidence of usage of the site. Hearths and deposits of flint tools were discovered and have been carbon dated to 2900-2600BC, in addition, several of the stone rows run over the tumbled walls of field structures which also date from the Neolithic period.
09-02-2003· The top destination for Megaliths and Prehistory worldwide. Beaghmore: [News and Comments:3] 13.6 km WNW of Cookstown, to the W of a by-road, this superb site is the only excavated and maintained stone-circle site amongst many in central Tyrone.
08-03-2011· The Beaghmore Stone Circles are located just outside Cookstown, in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. They were first discovered in the 1940’s as peat was being cut from the local bog land. On the afternoon we were there, it was a gray and windswept landscape, and I can distinctly remember experiencing an eerie feeling a feeling that other people had been here long before us, and that this
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Beaghmore Stones is an archaeological complex dating from the Bronze Age, comprising many stone circles and a few cairns, located in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, not far from Cookstown, in a working peat bog. Dating from 1500 B.C., Beagmore Stone
The most impressive are the Bronze Age Beaghmore Stone Circles and cairns, approx. 10 miles north west of Cookstown, in the southeast of the Sperrin Mountains. Discovered during peat cutting in the 1940s the site at Beaghmore consists of seven stone circles (six of which are paired), ten stone
08-03-2011· According to Wikipedia, “The stone circles and cairn are attributed to the earlier part of the Bronze Age c. 2,000-1,200 BC. It is possible that the full extent of the complex has not yet been revealed and further stones and cairns may still lie hidden in the adjacent peat.”. There are a total of seven circles, each consisting of many small
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Beaghmore, said to be constructed in the early Bronze age, is full of megalithic features. Stone rings, standing stones and cairns (piles of stones) dot its fields, eight and a half miles North West of Cookstown, Ireland. Although there are many sites containing stone rings in Ireland, Beaghmore is said to contain the greatest concentration.
The circles and rows we see at the site today are thought to date from about 1600 BC, the early Bronze Age, but they are not the earliest evidence of usage of the site. Hearths and deposits of flint tools were discovered and have been carbon dated to 2900-2600BC, in addition, several of the stone rows run over the tumbled walls of field structures which also date from the Neolithic period.
17-04-2021· Beaghmore is a complex of early Bronze Age megalithic features, stone circles and cairns, 8.5 miles north west of Cookstown, County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, on the south-east edge of the Sperrin Mountains.
Set among an untouched rural landscape of rolling hills and sweeping forests, its centerpiece is the Beaghmore Stone Circles, a complex of early Bronze Age megalithic features, stone circles and cairns. The Forest is crisscrossed by network of accessible walking and mountain biking trails,
14-07-2002· Image: Beaghmore A submitted by jeffrep. Plain circle, stone rows in Tyrone. Circle diameter: 35 feet, Number of stones: 54. A long splayed row, 40 feet long, is tangential to the inner side of Circle A, a 78-foot row to B. Inside them are 2 more rows, 24 and 72 feet long, of smaller stones and converging on a low cairn lying between the two
18-03-2021· Archaeology 360: Beaghmore Stone Circles, Co Tyrone. It seems so long ago now, but during one of the inter-lockdown periods of last year the Chapple family headed for the distant shores of mid-Ulster to spend a few days in the open air and experiencing some of the great archaeology of the Tyrone/Fermanagh area.