Beaghmore stone circles

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Beaghmore stone circles are a complex of Bronze Age stone circles and cairns in Northern Ireland, noted for their archaeological significance and enigmatic alignment.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site
prehistoric stone circle complex
scheduled monument
country United Kingdom
discoveredIn 1940s
epoch Bronze Age
estimatedConstructionDate circa 2000–1200 BC
evidenceOf peat accumulation after abandonment
prehistoric agriculture
excavatedBy G. B. B. Keenan NERFINISHED
Oliver Davies NERFINISHED
firstExcavatedIn 1945
gridReference H684842
hasAccess car park
marked paths
hasAstronomicalAlignment lunar events
solar events
stellar events
hasFeature kerbed cairns
small standing stones
stone alignments
stone cairns
stone circles
stone rows
hasInterpretiveSignage true
heritageStatus State Care Monument
IrishName An Bheitheach Mhór NERFINISHED
landUseBeforeConstruction prehistoric field system
languageOfToponym Irish
locatedIn County Tyrone NERFINISHED
Northern Ireland
Sperrin Mountains NERFINISHED
locatedNear Cookstown NERFINISHED
Omagh NERFINISHED
managedBy Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities (Northern Ireland) NERFINISHED
material stone
notedFor archaeological significance
enigmatic alignment
numberOfCairns 10
numberOfStoneCircles 7
numberOfStoneRows 12
openToPublic true
possibleFunction astronomical observatory
burial site
ceremonial centre
ritual site
region Mid Ulster District NERFINISHED
touristAttraction true

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County Tyrone hasNotableSite Beaghmore stone circles