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Abbey Stone is a prehistoric standing stone located in Dungannon, County Tyrone. The monument consists of a substantial upright stone bearing carved cross decoration, evidence of later ritual or Christian use inscribed upon an earlier Bronze Age or Neolithic monument. Such reused standing stones are characteristic of the Irish landscape, where pre-Christian monuments often acquired sacred significance in the Christian period.
The stone stands upon bedrock of the Tyrone Group, a Visean-age geological formation comprising limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone interspersed with chert, coal and conglomerate. This varied substrate would have been visible to the monument's original builders and may have influenced their choice of location. The natural stone resources of the area would have shaped both settlement patterns and the availability of suitable stones for such monuments.
The Abbey Stone is protected by the Historic Environment Division as a scheduled monument under reference 15693, recognising its archaeological significance. The cross carvings demonstrate the monument's continued religious importance in medieval times, overlaying its original prehistoric function. As a multiply-used sacred site, it represents an important continuity of ritual practice spanning millennia of settlement in the Dungannon landscape.
Abbey stone. cross-carved standing stone is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 15693. View the official record →
Abbey Stone is a prehistoric standing stone located in Dungannon, County Tyrone. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 15693.
Abbey stone. cross-carved standing stone dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a standing stone. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Abbey stone. cross-carved standing stone is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 15693.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthwork (1.3 km), Aghintain castle, aughentaine castle. c17th fortified house & bawn (1.9 km), Clochar, clochar-mac-ndaimeni. pre-norman cathedral & graveyard, augustinian friary, post-med. & modern cathedral & graveyard, 3 crosses & 2 bullauns (2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Abbey stone. cross-carved standing stone's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Abbey stone. cross-carved standing stone stands on Tyrone Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone, with subordinate chert, coal and conglomerate.