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Standing Stone, Derry is a prehistoric standing stone located in County Derry, Northern Ireland. The monument is recorded by the Historic Environment Division under reference 11848. Standing stones of this type are typically monolithic pillars of stone raised upright in the landscape, belonging to a tradition of monument construction that extends back thousands of years into prehistory. Their precise original purpose remains debated among archaeologists, though they frequently appear singly or in groups across the Atlantic seaboard of Britain and Ireland.
The stone itself rises from bedrock formed of psammite and pelite belonging to the Southern Highland Group, which was laid down during the Middle Cambrian period over 500 million years ago. This ancient metamorphic bedrock underlies much of the region surrounding Derry, providing the geological foundation upon which later communities chose to erect their monuments. The choice of location may reflect the quarrying of suitable stone from the local geology or the significance of outcrops visible across the landscape.
As a protected monument, Standing Stone, Derry remains an important record of prehistoric settlement and belief in the area. The survival of such stones depends greatly upon local custom and legal protection; this example has been designated precisely to ensure its preservation for future study and public appreciation.
Standing stone is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 11848. View the official record →
Standing Stone, Derry is a prehistoric standing stone located in County Derry, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 11848.
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 11848.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath (motte & bailey?) (1.8 km), High cross. cross (2.4 km), Cross-carved stone (5.3 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 Southern Highland Group, bedrock that formed in the Middle Cambrian. The rock here is psammite and pelite.