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Stone alignment is a Bronze Age linear arrangement of standing stones located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The monument consists of stones set in deliberate alignment, a characteristic ritual or ceremonial form common to upland and moorland regions of Britain and Ireland during the second millennium BC. Such alignments typically served purposes related to burial practices, celestial observation, or territorial demarcation, though their precise function remains debated among archaeologists.
The stones are positioned upon bedrock of the Tyrone Group, a formation of Visean age composed principally of limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone, with subordinate seams of chert, coal and conglomerate. This underlying geology would have influenced both the character of available stone and the local landscape that Bronze Age communities encountered when constructing this monument. The local terrain, shaped by these sedimentary deposits, afforded the exposed rock and cleared ground necessary for establishing such ritual features.
The alignment is protected as a scheduled monument by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities, recorded under reference 9134. This designation recognises its archaeological significance and ensures statutory protection for the site, allowing for the preservation and future study of this Bronze Age ritual landscape within County Fermanagh's broader heritage.
Stone alignment is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 9134. View the official record →
Stone alignment is a Bronze Age linear arrangement of standing stones located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 9134.
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 9134.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barrow (6.7 km), Tobernasool. holy well (6.8 km), Holy well within ecclesiastical enclosure fer 154 (6.9 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 Tyrone Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone, with subordinate chert, coal and conglomerate.