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Banbridge Standing Stone is a prehistoric standing stone located near Banbridge in County Down, Northern Ireland. The monument occupies a landscape underlain by felsic igneous rock of Late Silurian to Early Devonian age, formed during the Early Devonian period. This rocky substrate, part of an unnamed intrusion, would have been exposed or near-surface when the stone was erected, shaping both the availability of suitable stone and the physical setting of the monument.
The standing stone stands as evidence of ritual or territorial practice during the prehistoric period. Such monuments typically served communal purposes, whether as burial markers, gathering points, or landscape markers of social significance. The felsic bedrock of the locality, composed of lighter, silica-rich igneous material, contrasts with the darker volcanic rocks found elsewhere in the region, making this area geologically distinctive within the broader Ulster landscape.
The stone is protected by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities under reference 8412, ensuring its preservation as an archaeological asset. The monument's survival to the present day, despite intensive agricultural and industrial development in the Banbridge area, testifies to its historical importance and the enduring value placed upon it by successive generations.
Standing stone is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 8412. View the official record →
Banbridge Standing Stone is a prehistoric standing stone located near Banbridge in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 8412.
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 8412.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Big fort. rath & souterrain (0.5 km), Standing stone (1.1 km), Cashel & souterrain (1.3 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 Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Late Silurian To Early Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is felsic-rock.