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Two Standing Stones is a prehistoric monument in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, comprising a pair of upright stones that survive from the Neolithic or Bronze Age. The stones stand upon bedrock of the Tyrone Group, sedimentary deposits formed during the Visean period, a geological sequence dominated by limestone, mudstone and sandstone interlayered with siltstone, chert and occasional coal seams. This underlying geology would have shaped both the landscape and the stone types available to the prehistoric communities who erected the monument.
Standing stones of this form are characteristic markers of Bronze Age or late Neolithic activity across Ulster, often erected singly or in pairs as territorial markers, ceremonial foci or burial monuments. The Fermanagh location places the stones within a region rich in prehistoric archaeology, where standing stones frequently command views across water and valley systems that would have held significance for ancient populations.
The monument is protected by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities, Northern Ireland under reference 9627. Its survival as a pair makes it a valuable record of prehistoric ritual practice and landscape use, preserving evidence of how early communities marked and made meaning in the topography of the Fermanagh uplands.
Two standing stones is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 9627. View the official record →
Two Standing Stones is a prehistoric monument in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, comprising a pair of upright stones that survive from the Neolithic or Bronze Age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 9627.
Two standing stones 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.
Two standing stones 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 9627.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Giant's grave. wedge tomb (0.1 km), Giant's grave. wedge tomb (0.1 km), Giant's grave. wedge tomb (0.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Two standing stones'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.
Two standing stones 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.