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The Ballymoney Standing Stone is a prehistoric monument located in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The stone rises from bedrock composed of Palaeogene extrusive rocks—mafic lavas and tuffs formed during extensive volcanic activity in the early Tertiary period. These dark, dense volcanic materials underlie much of the landscape here, a legacy of the intense geological activity that shaped this region millions of years before the stone was erected.
Standing stones of this type were typically raised during the Neolithic or Bronze Age, serving purposes that may have included territorial markers, ceremonial foci or burial monuments. The Ballymoney stone survives as evidence of prehistoric settlement and ritual activity in this part of Ulster. Its exact dimensions and condition are characteristic of monuments that have weathered thousands of years of exposure on the Irish landscape.
The stone is now protected as a scheduled monument under reference 1816 by the Historic Environment Division of Northern Ireland. This designation recognises its archaeological and historical significance as a tangible connection to the region's deep past. The monument remains an important landmark within the prehistoric archaeological record of the north of Ireland.
Standing stone is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 1816. View the official record →
The 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 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).
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.