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Moyle Standing Stone is a prehistoric standing stone located in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, protected under Historic Environment Division reference 1184. The monument stands within a landscape underlain by Argyll Group bedrock, Neoproterozoic deposits of psammite, semipelite and pelite that form the geological foundation of this part of the Moyle area. These metamorphic rocks, tilted and compressed during ancient mountain-building phases, would have been quarried or selected by prehistoric peoples for substantial stone monuments.
Standing stones of this type were erected during the Bronze Age, typically between 2000 and 1000 BCE, though some may be earlier. Such monuments frequently marked territorial boundaries, burial sites, or served ritual or ceremonial functions within early agricultural communities. The weathered nature of surviving examples reflects their considerable age and exposure to the upland climate of the north coast.
The stone's presence at this specific location reflects the practical and cultural choices of its builders, who selected this site within the Moyle landscape for reasons now largely lost to prehistory. The monument remains an important record of Bronze Age settlement patterns and land use in this region of Northern Ireland, contributing to understanding of early monument construction and the relationship between prehistoric communities and their environment.
Standing stone is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 1184. View the official record →
Moyle Standing Stone is a prehistoric standing stone located in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, protected under Historic Environment Division reference 1184.
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 1184.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tullaghore crosses. crosses (2) (2.6 km), Clough berragh. standing stone, enclosure & house platforms (3.6 km), Enclosure & souterrain - part of armoy ecclesiastical site [ant 013 (4.5 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 Argyll Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite, semipelite and pelite.