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The Grey Stone is a prehistoric standing stone located in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. As a monolithic upright of stone, it belongs to the tradition of megalithic monument construction characteristic of the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods in Ireland, though precise dating remains uncertain without excavation or radiocarbon analysis. Such standing stones typically served ritual, territorial, or commemorative functions within prehistoric communities. The monument is recorded in the Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record under reference HED NI NISMR MonID 5818.
The grey stone. standing stone is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 5818. View the official record →
The Grey Stone is a prehistoric standing stone located in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 5818.
The grey stone. 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.
The grey 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 5818.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The relig, relig-an-chaisill. cashel & souterrain, reused as killeen (children's graveyard) (1.5 km), Gordon's fort. multivallate rath (3.9 km), Devlin's fort. bivallate rath (4.3 km).
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