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Stone alignment, Strabane is a Bronze Age arrangement of upright stones situated on bedrock of the Argyll Group, a Neoproterozoic formation of psammite, semipelite and pelite that underlies much of County Tyrone. The monument comprises stones set in a linear pattern, typical of ritual or ceremonial alignments constructed during the Bronze Age across the British Isles and Ireland.
The alignment is located in the townland of Strabane in County Tyrone, in a landscape of rolling terrain shaped by glacial processes. The Argyll Group bedrock, exposed or lying shallow beneath the surface, would have presented both a challenge and opportunity for the Bronze Age communities who selected this location for the monument's placement. Local stone was likely quarried or gathered for the alignment.
The monument is registered under the Historic Environment Division's records as Site 14178 and remains an important archaeological and cultural resource in the Strabane area. Bronze Age stone alignments such as this serve as testament to the ceremonial practices and landscape organisation of Bronze Age society, though the precise purpose of this example—whether calendrical, territorial, funerary or ritual—remains a matter of archaeological interpretation.
Stone alignment is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 14178. View the official record →
Stone alignment, Strabane is a Bronze Age arrangement of upright stones situated on bedrock of the Argyll Group, a Neoproterozoic formation of psammite, semipelite and pelite that underlies much of County Tyrone. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 14178.
Stone alignment dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a alignment. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Stone alignment 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 14178.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stone circle & alignment (7.7 km), Cist & alignment (7.8 km), Pre-bog landscape of field walls, field clearance walls & cairns, a cairn field, a stone structure & possible megalithic tombs (8.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Stone alignment'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.
Stone alignment stands on Argyll Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite, semipelite and pelite.