Drumskinny
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 Some of the standing stones at Drumskinny, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland |
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| Irish grid reference | H1969 |
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| District | Fermanagh and Omagh |
| County | County Fermanagh |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | BT |
| Dialling code | 028, +44 28 |
| EU Parliament | Northern Ireland |
| UK Parliament | Fermanagh and South Tyrone |
| NI Assembly | Fermanagh and South Tyrone |
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Coordinates: 54°34′03″N 7°42′32″W / 54.5674°N 7.7088°W
Drumskinny (from Irish Droim Scine, meaning "ridge of the knife/edge"[1]) is the site of a stone circle in the townland of Drumskinny, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. With the inclusion of an adjacent cairn and alignment, the stone circle is a State Care Historic Monument in Fermanagh and Omagh district, at grid ref: H 2009 7072.[2][3] The site was excavated in 1962[4] and is believed to have built around 2000 BC.[5]
There are also two other townlands in Northern Ireland called Drumskinny: in the civil parish of Clonfeacle in County Tyrone; and in the civil parish of Dromore also in County Tyrone.
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- ↑ Place Names NI
- ↑ "Drumskinny" (PDF). Environment and Heritage Service NI - State care Historic Monuments. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
- ↑ "Drumskinny". The Megalithic Portal. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
- ↑ "Drumskinny Stone Circle". Irish Antiquities. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
- ↑ "Drumskinny Stone Circle". Triskelle. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
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