Standing Stones, Glenshane Road, Derrychier, Dungiven, Co Londonderry is a listed building in the Causeway Coast and Glens local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Standing Stones, Glenshane Road, Derrychier, Dungiven, Co Londonderry
- WRENN ID
- wild-bonework-nettle
- Grade
- Local Planning Authority
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Constituency
- East Londonderry MP: Mr Gregory Campbell (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- C 670 084
- Coordinates
- 54.91946, -6.95515
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
The site comprises a group of three standing stones located along the Glenshane Road in the townland of Derrychier, near Dungiven, County Londonderry. These stones, dating before 1600, are notable for their sculptural impact and local archaeological significance, and are considered a monument. The group is recorded in the Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland, which initially documented four stones on land belonging to a Mr. Andrew Wilson. Records indicate SMR No. LDY 30.46.
Local climate
Standing Stones, Glenshane Road, Derrychier, Dungiven, Co Londonderry 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 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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