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Strabane Double Stone Alignment is a Bronze Age monument consisting of two parallel rows of stones set into bedrock of the Southern Highland Group. These ancient metamorphic rocks, formed during the Middle Cambrian period from psammite and pelite deposits, provide the geological foundation upon which the alignment was constructed. The monument's position in the Strabane area reflects Bronze Age settlement patterns in the north-west of Ireland.
The alignment comprises stones arranged in parallel formation, a layout characteristic of Bronze Age ceremonial or ritual landscapes. Double alignments of this type are thought to have served purposes connected to movement, gathering or astronomical observation, though their precise function remains uncertain. The choice of location, set into bedrock in the Strabane locality, suggests deliberate placement within a meaningful landscape setting.
The monument is protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference 14515. Its survival to the present day, despite millennia of landscape change in the region, makes it an important record of Bronze Age construction and land use. The alignment remains visible within the modern landscape, offering insight into the monumental practices of prehistoric communities in northern Ireland.
Double stone alignment is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 14515. View the official record →
Strabane Double Stone Alignment is a Bronze Age monument consisting of two parallel rows of stones set into bedrock of the Southern Highland Group. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 14515.
Double stone alignment dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a alignment. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Double stone alignment 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 14515.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Giant's grave. court tomb (0.8 km), Kelkirell, cill chairill, kylchyrryll. church & graveyard (1.4 km), Fairy bridge. bridge (2.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Double stone alignment'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.
Double stone alignment stands on Southern Highland Group, bedrock that formed in the Middle Cambrian. The rock here is psammite and pelite.