Drumskinny

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Drumskinny
Drumskinny-stones.jpg
Some of the standing stones at Drumskinny, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Drumskinny is located in Northern Ireland
Drumskinny
Drumskinny
Location within Northern Ireland
Irish grid referenceH20097072
District
County
  • County Fermanagh
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode districtBT
Dialling code028, +44 28
UK Parliament
  • Fermanagh and South Tyrone
NI Assembly
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Fermanagh
54°35′04″N 7°41′24″W / 54.584362°N 7.690092°W / 54.584362; -7.690092Coordinates: 54°35′04″N 7°41′24″W / 54.584362°N 7.690092°W / 54.584362; -7.690092

Drumskinny (from Irish Droim Scine '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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  1. ^ Place Names NI
  2. ^ "Drumskinny" (PDF). Environment and Heritage Service NI - State care Historic Monuments. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
  3. ^ "Drumskinny". The Megalithic Portal. Retrieved 2 December 2007.
  4. ^ "Drumskinny Stone Circle". Irish Antiquities. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
  5. ^ "Drumskinny Stone Circle". Triskelle. Retrieved 2 December 2007.
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