Drumskinny Stone Circle
Location: Drumskinny, Co. Fermanagh
Classification: Stone Circle
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Drumskinny (from Irish: 'Droim Scine' meaning 'knife ridge') is a Stone Circle with a stone alignment and cairn, located in the townland of Drumskinny, County Fermanagh. The circle is about 13m in diameter consisting of 39 stones some of which are replacements, identified by the letters 'MOF'. The tallest of the stones in the circle is just over 1.8m. A small cairn roughly 4 meters in diameter, sits right beside, but not touching the circle. The stone row of some 23 small stones, runs for 15m from the cairn at a tangent beside the circle. Drumskinny is a State Care Historic Monument. The site has been reconstructed since excavation and is well maintained with the small cairn securely inside its kerbstones, and gravel throughout the site to keep the vegetation at bay.
This stone circle is part of a complex of five in this immediate locality, dating back to the new stone age, 2250 B.C. During the course of excavation in 1962, the cairn and stone row were uncovered from the bogland. The cairn yielded the expected artefacts, of flint scrapers and pottery sherds, but was oddly lacking the usual human remains in any form. The purpose of the circle is unknown but probably involved that of religious practices, astronomical observations and calendar functions.
Description
Drumskinny (from Irish: 'Droim Scine' meaning 'knife ridge') is a Stone Circle with a stone alignment and cairn, located in the townland of Drumskinny, County Fermanagh. The circle is about 13m in diameter consisting of 39 stones some of which are replacements, identified by the letters 'MOF'. The tallest of the stones in the circle is just over 1.8m. A small cairn roughly 4 meters in diameter, sits right beside, but not touching the circle. The stone row of some 23 small stones, runs for 15m from the cairn at a tangent beside the circle. Drumskinny is a State Care Historic Monument. The site has been reconstructed since excavation and is well maintained with the small cairn securely inside its kerbstones, and gravel throughout the site to keep the vegetation at bay.
History
This stone circle is part of a complex of five in this immediate locality, dating back to the new stone age, 2250 B.C. During the course of excavation in 1962, the cairn and stone row were uncovered from the bogland. The cairn yielded the expected artefacts, of flint scrapers and pottery sherds, but was oddly lacking the usual human remains in any form. The purpose of the circle is unknown but probably involved that of religious practices, astronomical observations and calendar functions.
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Sunrise: 06:17
Sunset: 20:44
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Sunrise: 06:17
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