Drumskinny facts for kids
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Some of the standing stones at Drumskinny, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland |
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Irish grid reference | H20097072 |
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Country | Northern Ireland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Postcode district | BT |
Dialling code | 028, +44 28 |
EU Parliament | Northern Ireland |
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Drumskinny (from Irish Droim Scine, meaning 'ridge of the knife/edge') 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. The site was excavated in 1962 and is believed to have built around 2000 BC.
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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