Beaghmore - Circles A & B

Megalithic Complex - Co. Tyrone

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Circle A - H 68509 84245  (GPS 9min) Diameter 11 x 11.6m (Meas.)
Circle B - H 68500 84257  (GPS 12min) Diameter 10.2 x 9.8m (Meas.)
Visited June 2002

A small cairn (1), lies sandwiched between the two rings here, A at the south, and B at the north. A total of four stone rows radiate from the cairn in a narrow fan shape, a long row of low stones at the north, a short tall row, a long medium height row, and finally a short low row at the south. Both circles are misshapen and are comprised of small, closely-set stones. Excavation of the cairn revealed a polished porcellanite axe, which may have originated from the Tievebulliagh axe factory, some 70 miles away in Co. Antrim.

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