AUGHER and CLOGHER — Ward Boundary Map

Daniel Kirkpatrick

AUGHER and CLOGHER Heritage Profile

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Daniel Kirkpatrick

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By | Compiled 2026-05-05 | N08000902
145 historic sites 30 scheduled monuments 56 listed buildings 8 archaeological periods

AUGHER and CLOGHER covers 294.8 km² in Northern Ireland. With 145 historic sites and 30 scheduled monuments on record, the ward sits at the 95th percentile across all 462 NI wards for combined archaeological heritage. It also records 56 listed buildings (HED Historic Buildings Record), the 81st percentile for listed-building density across NI wards. Per 1,000 residents, this works out at 67.5 recorded sites — the 96th percentile across NI wards (a measure of heritage density relative to current population). Dated archaeological evidence runs from the Mesolithic through to the Modern period, spanning 8 archaeological periods, placing the ward in the 90th percentile NI-wide for chronological depth.

Detailed boundary map of AUGHER and CLOGHER ward, Mid Ulster
AUGHER and CLOGHER boundary detail
Regional context map showing AUGHER and CLOGHER ward within Mid Ulster
AUGHER and CLOGHER in regional context

Heritage at a glance

Percentile rankings throughout this profile compare each ward only against the other 461 Northern Ireland wards.

145
Historic sites
95th percentile
30
Scheduled monuments
98th percentile
56
Listed buildings
81st percentile
0.78
Sites per km²

Population context

12
Persons per km²
7th percentile
67.5
Sites per 1,000 residents
96th percentile
3,421
Total residents (2021)

The recorded heritage of AUGHER and CLOGHER

Of the 145 historic sites recorded, the most common are Enclosure (28, 19% of historic sites), Rath (22), and Platform Rath (10). For Enclosures, this is placing the ward in the top 3% nationally for this type. For Raths, this is the 90th percentile across NI wards that record this type. Across the ward's 294.8 km², this gives a recorded density of 0.78 sites per km² (all heritage types combined). Scheduled monuments are distributed across approximately 0.11° of latitude and 0.14° of longitude within the ward, indicating dispersed rather than clustered placement.

Most common monument types

TypeCountDescription
Enclosure 28 —
Rath 22 —
Platform Rath 10 —

Chronological distribution

Mesolithic
23
Neolithic
3
Early Bronze Age
5
Iron Age
36
Early Medieval
54
Medieval
2
Post Medieval
6
Modern
4
Unknown
12

Terrain and environment

With a mean elevation of 121m, this ward sits above the NI median (80th percentile), with a maximum of 312m giving the ward meaningful vertical relief. The terrain is consistently steep, with a mean slope of 6.1° (90th percentile across NI). The ward is well-drained, with a Topographic Wetness Index of 9.6 (10th NI percentile) — characteristic of upland or steeply-sloping ground that sheds water rapidly. The land cover is dominated by improved grassland (76%) and woodland (22%). In overall character, this is an upland landscape of steep, elevated terrain, with land use dominated by improved grassland.

Terrain measurements

Mean elevation120.8 m 80th pct
Max elevation312.3 m 84th pct
Mean slope6.1° 91st pct
Wetness index (TWI)9.62 10th pct
Grassland75.9% 73rd pct
Woodland22.3% 64th pct
Urban land1.0% 9th pct

Where this ward sits in NI

Elevation
80th
Slope
91st
Drainage
10th
Grassland
73rd
Woodland
64th

Geology and preservation

The dominant bedrock formed during the Palaeozoic era (Carboniferous period). Ancient sedimentary or metamorphic rock dating to before the age of dinosaurs; the resulting landscape has been long-stable enough to host every period of human activity. Peat covers 8% of the ward — a minor share, but where it occurs it can preserve organic finds in good condition. Bedrock composition is varied (complexity index 1.00, on a 0-1 Simpson-style scale), with multiple geological units within the ward boundary. Geologically diverse wards historically offered a wider range of stone types for building, toolmaking, and quarrying — a relevant factor when interpreting the material culture of nearby sites.

Bedrock eraPalaeozoic
Bedrock periodCarboniferous
Surface depositsTill
Peat coverage7.8%
Bedrock complexity1.00

Placename evidence

The combined OSNI, Logainm NI, and GeoNames sources record 132 placenames for this ward. Diagnostic heritage strata identified within these are: 13 pre-Christian defensive (rath-, dún-, lios-, caiseal-) and 8 ecclesiastical (cill-, teampall-, mainistir-, díseart-). Note: Irish-language (name_ga) forms are recorded for roughly half of NI placenames in the combined sources, so anglicised forms whose Irish original could belong to multiple categories may be misclassified.

Placename categories

Ecclesiastical (kil-, temple-, monaster-)8 names
Pre-Christian Defensive (rath-, dun-, lis-)13 names

Scheduled monuments in AUGHER and CLOGHER

Scheduled monuments are sites legally protected under the Historic Monuments and Archaeological Objects (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, designated by the Historic Environment Division (HED).

MonumentTypePeriod
Platform rathPlatform RathEarly Medieval
Passage tomb: standing stones (2)Passage Tomb: Standing Stones (2)Neolithic
Passage tombPassage TombNeolithic
Court tomb: Giant's GraveCourt Tomb: Giant'S GraveNeolithic
Court tomb: Giant's GravesCourt Tomb: Giant'S GravesNeolithic
RathRathEarly Medieval
RathRathEarly Medieval
RathRathEarly Medieval

Recorded historic sites

NamePeriodType
A.P. SITE – enclosureIron AgeUnknown
A.P. SITE – enclosureIron AgeUnknown
BAWNPost-MedievalDefence
BIVALLATE RATHEarly MedievalDefence
BIVALLATE RATH: FAVOR ROYAL DEMESNEEarly MedievalDefence
BULLAUNEarly MedievalUnknown
BULLAUNUnknownUnknown
BULLAUN: ST KIERAN'S STONEEarly MedievalUnknown
BULLAUN: ST PATRICK'S WELLEarly MedievalUnknown
Burnt MoundEarly Bronze AgeAgriculture

Listed buildings in AUGHER and CLOGHER

Address / NameGradePeriod
The walled garden at Favor Royal House Favour Royal Road Augher Dungannon Co Tyrone BT77 OEWB11720 – 1739
The W bridge at Favor Royal House Favour Royal Road Augher Dungannon Co Tyrone BT77 OEWB11840 – 1859
MARKET YARD MAIN ST. FIVEMILETOWN CO.TYRONERecord Only—
ST.MACARTAN'S CATHEDRAL CLOGHER CO. TYRONEA—
ST. MACARTAN'S HOME 74 MAIN ST. CLOGHER CO.TYRONEB+—
GATE LODGE 72 MAIN ST. CLOGHER CO.TYRONEB+—
Carleton’s Cottage 13 Springtown Road Springtown Clogher Co. Tyrone BT77 0ESB11820 – 1839
ICE HOUSE ST. LOUIS CONVENT CLOGHER CO.TYRONEB1—
GATE SCREEN ST. LOUIS CONVENT CLOGHER CO.TYRONEB1—
ORANGE HALL MAIN ST. CLOGHER CO.TYRONEB1—

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About this profile

What is a ward?

A ward is the smallest electoral and statistical geography used by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). The boundaries used here are the 2014 NISRA / OSNI Wards (462 across Northern Ireland), each typically covering 1-700 km² and a population of a few thousand. Wards do not align with parishes, townlands, or any historic administrative unit — they are a modern statistical convenience, used here only as a fixed spatial frame within which to summarise heritage records.

What counts as a site?

Three distinct heritage record types are reported separately, not combined: (1) Historic Sites — entries in the Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record (NISMR), the inventory of recorded archaeological sites and findspots, dated from prehistoric to early-modern; (2) Scheduled Monuments — sites legally protected under the Historic Monuments and Archaeological Objects (NI) Order 1995 and maintained by the Historic Environment Division (HED); (3) Listed Buildings — buildings of architectural or historic interest protected under the Planning Act (NI) 2011 and graded A, B+, B1, B2, or Record-Only by HED. A site appearing in more than one register is counted in each register independently.

Editorial principles

These ward profiles describe evidence, not history. They report what is recorded, not what occurred. Where the data is ambiguous, we say so. We do not infer historical processes — population movements, settlement expansion, periods of decline — from patterns in the record. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence: in Northern Ireland, where antiquarian survey was uneven and modern excavation is geographically biased, a gap in the record almost always reflects the limits of recording rather than a genuine historical absence. We mark such gaps explicitly where they appear in the data.

Limits of coverage and known caveats

Several caveats apply to every ward profile: (1) NISMR coverage is uneven across NI — some areas (notably parts of the south-east and the Belfast urban fringe) have been more intensively surveyed than others, so a low recorded site count does not reliably indicate a low past density of activity; (2) period attributions in NISMR are often 'Unknown', and chronological breakdowns reported here reflect only the dated subset; (3) placename classification depends on the Irish-language form (name_ga), which is recorded for approximately 50% of NI placenames in the combined sources, so ecclesiastical and pre-Christian counts may be understated where anglicised forms remain unparsed; (4) terrain percentile ranks compare each ward only to the other 461 NI wards; they are not absolute thresholds. For absence-dominant land cover categories (wetland, water, cropland), percentile ranks are suppressed below 1% raw value, since the ranking of zero-value wards is not meaningful.

Data sources (11)
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