Dromore ASSI
Topics:
Protected area type:
Areas of Special Scientific Interest
Feature type:
Earth Science
County:
Tyrone
Council:
Mid-Ulster
Guidance and literature:
Dromore ASSI
The rocks exposed at Dromore belong to the Shanmullagh Formation and are of Lower Devonian age, approximately 370million years old. The rocks are red to purple sandstones interbedded with thin beds of mudstones and siltstones.