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Honeymug Stone is a prehistoric standing stone located near Cookstown in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The monument stands upon bedrock composed of Palaeogene extrusive rocks, a volcanic geology dominated by mafic lava and tuff that shaped the landscape during the Paleogene period around 66 to 23 million years ago. This distinctive volcanic substrate underlies much of the surrounding terrain, contributing to the character of the region's natural environment in which the stone was erected.
Standing stones such as Honeymug represent a significant form of monumental expression in prehistoric Ireland, typically raised during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods. These solitary stones served diverse purposes, from territorial markers and ceremonial foci to burial monuments or waypoints in the broader ritual landscape. Their persistence across the Irish countryside testifies to the enduring significance such places held for successive generations.
The stone is recorded in the historic environment records under reference 13177 and is protected by the Historic Environment Division. Cookstown's position within the rolling countryside of central Ulster places Honeymug Stone within a landscape rich in prehistoric activity, where standing stones form part of a wider corpus of ancient monuments spanning millennia of human settlement and cultural practice.
Honeymug stone. standing stone is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 13177. View the official record →
Honeymug Stone is a prehistoric standing stone located near Cookstown in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 13177.
Honeymug stone. 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.
Honeymug stone. 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 13177.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cloghtogle. portal tomb (0.6 km), C18th windmill - ihr 04690 (3.4 km), Platform rath (4.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Honeymug stone. 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.
Honeymug stone. standing stone stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Palaeogene, bedrock that formed in the Paleogene. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.