PREHISTORIC · STANDING STONE

Standing stone

Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
NISMR MonID 9269
Period
PREHISTORIC
Site type
STANDING STONE
Nation
Northern Ireland
The designation
Reference
NISMR MonID 9269
Authority
DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR)
Grid reference
H1738461250
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The Standing Stone at H1738461250 is a prehistoric standing stone located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Such monuments were erected during the Bronze Age or earlier periods, serving purposes that remain partly mysterious, though they are often associated with burial, territorial markers, or ceremonial activity. The stone stands within an area of mixed geology typical of the region, where Tyrone Group bedrock—comprising limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone interspersed with chert, coal and conglomerate—shapes both the landscape and the availability of materials for monument construction.

The monument's survival in this drumlin terrain reflects both its durability and the landscape's importance to prehistoric communities. The geology underlying the site would have offered useful stone for tool-making and construction, resources that shaped settlement patterns throughout prehistory. The standing stone remains a prominent feature of the local topography, marking its location within the broader pattern of similar monuments distributed across the Ulster region.

The Standing Stone is protected as a scheduled monument by the Historic Environment Division under reference number 9269, ensuring its preservation for future study. It represents a direct physical link to the prehistoric inhabitants of Fermanagh and continues to provide evidence of early ritual and social organisation in this part of Ireland.

Standing stone is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 9269. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Standing stone?

The Standing Stone at H1738461250 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 9269.

What period does Standing stone date from?

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.

Who is responsible for protecting Standing stone?

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 9269.

What other scheduled monuments are near Standing stone?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moat of inis. barrow (6.9 km), Penannular rath (7 km), Killadeas, yellow church, holed stone, the bishop's stone. church & graveyard with 4 carved stones (7.9 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman World
Ireland was never conquered by Rome, so this traces the island's Iron Age kingdoms and its contact with the Roman world.
Historic Records
The 19th-century records of this place: valuations, Ordnance Survey memoirs and topographical accounts.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Standing stone

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.