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# Standing Stone, Antrim
Standing Stone, Antrim is a prehistoric standing stone of granite or similar durable stone, erected on bedrock composed of Palaeogene extrusive rocks—mafic lava and tuff formed during ancient volcanic activity. The monument occupies a landscape shaped by these dark, iron-rich igneous deposits, typical of the volcanic geology that characterises much of the Antrim plateau. The stone's position at grid reference J1681396258 places it within a region where such monuments were raised by Neolithic or Bronze Age communities in relation to the surrounding topography and geological features.
The exact date of erection remains unknown, as is common with standing stones, though the monument's form and solitary status suggest it may have served ritual, territorial or burial-related purposes within its local landscape. Similar stones across Northern Ireland are thought to date between approximately 3500 and 1200 BCE, though this particular example has not been subjected to modern archaeological investigation that would confirm its age.
Standing Stone, Antrim is protected as a scheduled monument under the Historic Environment Division reference 2752. It represents an important survival of Antrim's prehistoric material culture and continues to mark the ancient landscape it was erected to occupy.
Standing stone is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 2752. View the official record →
# Standing Stone, Antrim Standing Stone, Antrim is a prehistoric standing stone of granite or similar durable stone, erected on bedrock composed of Palaeogene extrusive rocks—mafic lava and tuff formed during ancient volcanic activity. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 2752.
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 2752.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Crosskennan fort. motte (6.1 km), Mound - ?barrow (7.1 km), Donegore hill. neolithic hilltop causewayed enclosure & occupation site (8.4 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.