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Ballymoney Standing Stone is a prehistoric monument located in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The stone stands within a landscape underlain by Palaeogene extrusive rocks—the hardened remains of ancient lava flows and volcanic deposits laid down some 60 million years ago. This geologically distinctive bedrock of mafic lavas and tuffs forms part of the volcanic plateau that characterises much of the North Antrim area. The standing stone itself represents a form of monumental expression characteristic of prehistoric communities, typically erected during the Neolithic or Bronze Age periods across Britain and Ireland.
The monument is situated at grid reference D077 6324838 and is protected by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities under monument reference 1464. Standing stones were frequently positioned as focal points within the landscape, serving ritual, territorial or commemorative functions for the communities who raised them. Their precise original purpose remains debated among archaeologists, though many stood in association with burial grounds, ceremonial sites or routes of movement through the landscape.
Today, the Ballymoney Standing Stone survives as a tangible link to the prehistoric inhabitants of North Antrim. Such monuments contribute to our understanding of early settlement patterns and the sacred or significant places valued by Neolithic and Bronze Age peoples across Ireland.
Standing stone is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 1464. View the official record →
Ballymoney Standing Stone is a prehistoric monument located in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 1464.
Standing stone dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a standing stonepossible. 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 1464.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Standing stone (1.2 km), Standing stone (1.4 km), Standing stone (1.4 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 Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Palaeogene, bedrock that formed in the Paleogene. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.