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St. Patrick Standing Stone is a prehistoric standing stone located near Ballymoney in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Now fallen, the monument represents an important element of the region's early monumental landscape. The stone stands upon bedrock of the Sherwood Sandstone Group, a geological formation comprising sandstone, siltstone and mudstone dating to the Ladinian period. This underlying geology would have influenced both the stone's stability and the choices made by prehistoric communities in selecting this location for ritual or commemorative purposes.
The monument's original function remains characteristic of standing stones across northern Britain and Ireland, likely erected during the Bronze Age or earlier periods as territorial markers, burial monuments or gathering places. The fallen state of the stone reflects both the passage of millennia and the exposure of the monument to weathering and ground movement across its sandstone bedrock. The site's preservation demonstrates the survival of such monuments despite physical challenges posed by their landscape setting.
St. Patrick Standing Stone is protected by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities under reference 1093, ensuring its conservation and archaeological significance for future research. The monument contributes to understanding prehistoric settlement patterns and ceremonial practices in the Ballymoney area, where the underlying Sherwood Sandstone bedrock shaped both the natural environment and human interaction with the landscape.
St. patrick. standing stone (now fallen) is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 1093. View the official record →
St. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 1093.
St. patrick. standing stone (now fallen) 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.
St. patrick. standing stone (now fallen) 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 1093.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Raised rath (3.4 km), Standing stone (4.6 km), Standing stone (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of St. patrick. standing stone (now fallen)'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.
St. patrick. standing stone (now fallen) stands on Sherwood Sandstone Group, bedrock that formed in the Ladinian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.