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Fermanagh Standing Stone is a prehistoric standing stone located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The monument stands upon bedrock of the Tyrone Group, a varied sequence of Visean-age rocks comprising limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone with subordinate deposits of chert, coal and conglomerate. These mixed sedimentary strata underlie much of the landscape in this region, providing the geological foundation upon which the stone was erected.
Standing stones of this type were raised during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods, typically serving functions connected to ritual, territorial demarcation, burial practice or astronomical observation. Their isolated siting within the landscape, as here in Fermanagh, often reflects patterns of prehistoric settlement and movement across the countryside. The monument's survival to the present day, protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference 9267, preserves evidence of these ancient practices and the communities who shaped the Irish landscape thousands of years ago.
The stone's continued presence at grid reference H1705961321 makes it an accessible landmark within the local topography, allowing visitors to experience the scale and positioning of this monument as its builders intended. Such standing stones remain among the most evocative surviving structures from Ireland's prehistoric past.
Standing stone is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 9267. View the official record →
Fermanagh Standing Stone is a prehistoric standing stone located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 9267.
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 9267.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moat of inis. barrow (6.9 km), Penannular rath (7.1 km), Rath (7.9 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 Tyrone Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone, with subordinate chert, coal and conglomerate.