Standing Stone, Priory Lane, Dungiven, Co Londonderry, BT47 4PF is a Grade Record Only listed building in the Causeway Coast and Glens local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Standing Stone, Priory Lane, Dungiven, Co Londonderry, BT47 4PF
- WRENN ID
- turning-belfry-torch
- Grade
- Record Only
- Local Planning Authority
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Constituency
- East Londonderry MP: Mr Gregory Campbell (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Address
- Standing Stone, Priory Lane, Dungiven, Co Londonderry, BT47 4PF, BT47 4PF
- Irish grid reference
- C 694 084
- Coordinates
- 54.91871, -6.91786
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
A standing stone, likely dating from before 1600, is a prominent feature of the surrounding landscape. Tradition associates the stone with St Columcille, although it may be of even earlier prehistoric origin. The stone itself is a rectangular piece of schist, measuring approximately 1800mm high, 1200mm wide, and 300mm in depth and stands atop a wide grassy mound, which is described as 9 metres in diameter. Local tradition, as recorded in Bunn’s publication "Dungiven Days," suggests it may mark the site of an ecclesiastical assembly held in 590 AD, at which St Columbcille was present. Historical sources, including the Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland, refer to the mound as “Leac Phadraig” or “St Patrick’s Stone.” The standing stone is not in State Care and is owned by the Roman Catholic Church. It is considered a monument.
Local climate
Standing Stone, Priory Lane, Dungiven, Co Londonderry, BT47 4PF sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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