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| Drumskinny | |
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 Some of the standing stones at Drumskinny, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland | |
  Drumskinny Location withinNorthern Ireland | |
| Irish grid reference | H20097072 |
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| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | BT |
| Dialling code | 028, +44 28 |
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Drumskinny(fromIrishDroim Scine'ridge of the knife/edge'[1]) is the site of astone circlein thetownlandof Drumskinny,County Fermanagh,Northern Ireland.With the inclusion of an adjacentcairnand alignment, the stone circle is a State Care Historic Monument inFermanagh and Omaghdistrict, at grid ref: H 2009 7072.[2][3]The site was excavated in 1962[4]and is believed to have been built around 2000 BC.[5]
There are also two other townlands in Northern Ireland called Drumskinny: in thecivil parishof Clonfeacle inCounty Tyrone;and in the civil parish of Dromore also in County Tyrone.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related toDrumskinny.
- ^Place Names NI
- ^"Drumskinny"(PDF).Environment and Heritage Service NI - State care Historic Monuments.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 22 July 2012.Retrieved3 December2007.
- ^"Drumskinny".The Megalithic Portal.Retrieved2 December2007.
- ^"Drumskinny Stone Circle".Irish Antiquities.Retrieved6 October2010.
- ^"Drumskinny Stone Circle".Triskelle.Retrieved2 December2007.