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Doocrock is a
townland
A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic orig ...
in
County Tyrone
County Tyrone (; ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland. It is no longer used as an administrative division for local government but retai ...
,
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
. It is situated in the historic
barony of
Omagh East and the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
of
Dromore and covers an area of 426 acres.
The name derives from the
Irish
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
: ''Dubh Chnoc'' (a Black Hill).
The population of the townland declined during the 19th century:
The townland contains one Scheduled Historic Monument: a
court tomb
The court cairn or court tomb is a megalithic type of chambered cairn or gallery grave. During the period, 3900–3500 BCE, more than 390 court cairns were built in Ireland and over 100 in southwest Scotland. The Neolithic (New Stone A ...
(grid ref: H2764 6219).
See also
*
List of townlands of County Tyrone
This is a sortable table of the approximately 2,162 townlands in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label=Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, ...
*
List of archaeological sites in County Tyrone
List of archaeological sites in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland:
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* Aghafad, Rath, grid ref: H4603 5800
* Aghagogan, Wedge tomb, grid ref: H6391 7360 and standing stone, grid ref: H6398 7351
* Aghalane, Standing stone, stone cir ...
References
{{coord missing, County Tyrone
Townlands of County Tyrone
Archaeological sites in County Tyrone
Barony of Omagh East