Drumskinny
Drumskinny (from Irish Droim Scine '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 been 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.
See also
External links
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Drumskinny.
- ^ Place Names NI
- ^ "Drumskinny" (PDF). Environment and Heritage Service NI - State care Historic Monuments. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
- ^ "Drumskinny". The Megalithic Portal. Retrieved 2 December 2007.
- ^ "Drumskinny Stone Circle". Irish Antiquities. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
- ^ "Drumskinny Stone Circle". Triskelle. Retrieved 2 December 2007.