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The Longstone is a prehistoric standing stone located near Armagh in Northern Ireland. The monument survives as a substantial upright stone, testament to the labour and resources invested by prehistoric communities in creating enduring markers within the landscape. Standing stones of this type were typically erected during the Neolithic or Bronze Age, serving purposes that likely encompassed ritual, territorial demarcation, or commemoration, though the precise original function remains unknowable without archaeological investigation.
The stone stands upon bedrock of the Tyrone Group, a formation of Visean age composed of limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone interspersed with chert, coal and conglomerate. This geology would have shaped both the character of the local landscape visible to its erectors and the materials available for constructing the monument itself. The surrounding deposits and stone outcrops of this region would have influenced settlement patterns and resource use during prehistory.
The Longstone is protected as a scheduled monument by the Historic Environment Division under reference 5366, reflecting its significance as a survival from prehistoric times. It remains an important physical link to the early communities who inhabited this part of Ulster, their beliefs, and their relationship with the enduring stone landscape they inhabited.
The longstone. standing stone is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 5366. View the official record →
The Longstone is a prehistoric standing stone located near Armagh in Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 5366.
The longstone. 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 longstone. 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 5366.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Large enclosure (rath?) & souterrain (4.8 km), The danes cast, the danes cast (north). linear earthwork (4.9 km), Large, oval bivallate enclosure (5.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of The longstone. 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.
The longstone. 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.