Standing Stone, Altimure Road, Gallany, Co Londonderry is a Grade Record Only listed building in the Causeway Coast and Glens local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Standing Stone, Altimure Road, Gallany, Co Londonderry
- WRENN ID
- final-lead-swallow
- Grade
- Record Only
- Local Planning Authority
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Constituency
- East Londonderry MP: Mr Gregory Campbell (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- C 644 053
- Coordinates
- 54.89146, -6.99613
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
The Standing Stone at Altimure Road, Gallany, Co Londonderry, is an isolated standing stone located within a grazing field and notable for its sculptural impact and local historical significance. The stone is substantial, approximately 1200mm high, with a comparable width and 400mm thickness. It shows no evidence of having been shaped. The townland name, Gallany, derives from the Irish word "Gallan," meaning a standing stone, though alternative interpretations exist. According to the Ordnance Survey Memoirs, the area contains several prominent rocks, with two of the largest referred to as "the queen of the fairies rocks.” This standing stone serves as a monument, predating 1600, and remains in its original use. It is situated on private land and is not formally listed.
Local climate
Standing Stone, Altimure Road, Gallany, 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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