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Fermanagh Standing Stone is a prehistoric standing stone located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The monument stands on bedrock belonging to the Tyrone Group, a geological formation of Visean age comprising limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone with subordinate layers of chert, coal and conglomerate. This mixed lithology would have influenced the availability of stone for tools and construction in the prehistoric landscape surrounding the site.
Standing stones of this type typically date to the Bronze Age or Neolithic period, though precise dating remains difficult without excavation. They served various ceremonial, territorial or burial-related functions within prehistoric communities. The monument's survival in Fermanagh reflects the region's archaeological significance as an area rich in megalithic monuments and prehistoric settlement evidence.
The standing stone is protected by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities under reference number 10865. This designation recognises its importance as a non-renewable archaeological resource and ensures that any future investigation or land use change is subject to heritage protection procedures. The stone forms part of the wider archaeological landscape of Fermanagh, contributing to our understanding of prehistoric activity in this part of northern Ireland.
Standing stone is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 10865. View the official record →
Fermanagh Standing Stone is a prehistoric standing stone located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 10865.
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.
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 10865.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Platform rath (0.1 km), Prehistoric enclosure (0.3 km), Multiple cist cairn (1.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of 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.
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.