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  • Drumskinny Stone Circle, Cairn and Alignment

    Topics:
    • Historic environment, 
    • Archaeology & Monuments

    Drumskinney Road
    Drumskinny
    BT93 1JX
    United Kingdom

    Contact

    Phone: 028 9082 3207
    Email: scmenquiries@communities-ni.gov.uk

    Additional Information

    Open to the public: Yes, entry is free (Sometimes public access is restricted due to works for example. Check before you visit)
    Grid reference: H2009070720
    View on the Historic Environment Map Viewer
    SM number: FER 135:003
    View details on the NI Sites & Monuments Record (NISMR)

    About Drumskinny Stone Circle, Cairn and Alignment

    The site lies in upland bog and was drained after excavation in 1962. A circle 12.8m in diameter is made up of 39 stones, and a small round cairn is associated with an alignment, 7.6m long, of 24 stones. The stones are fairly small and some replaced after the excavation are clearly marked. It is far smaller but of the same general type as Beaghmore circles and many others in mid-Ulster. Finds were sparse but included Neolithic material, so it is not clear whether the site dates from the Neolithic or the Bronze Age. There are other prehistoric stone monuments in the bog in this area.

    Other historic places you can visit:

    • Love Heritage NI
    Drumskinny Stone Circle, Cairn and Alignment
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