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Standing stone is a prehistoric standing stone located in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The monument dates to the Neolithic or Bronze Age period, though precise chronological attribution remains uncertain without excavation. The stone stands as a solitary upright monument, a monument type characteristic of prehistoric ritual and territorial practice in Ireland. Such standing stones served purposes that likely encompassed ceremonial, funerary, or boundary-marking functions within their prehistoric communities, though their precise original significance remains a matter of archaeological interpretation.
Standing stone is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 1816. View the official record →
Standing stone is a prehistoric standing stone located in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 1816.
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 1816.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mound (0.7 km), Lisnacannon. multivallate rath (1.4 km), Lough tarmin, loughtamand, lough tammin, loughtammin, loughtamin, loughtarmin, lough toman, lough tamin, lough tamand. crannog in former lough tamin (2.9 km).
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