Drum skinny
Drumskinny ( Irish : Droim Scine , Knife Back ) is a prehistoric complex located 7.2 km north of Kesh in County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland . Here, very close together, there is a cairn , a stone circle and a row of stones . The place was in the high moor. It was drained after the excavation in 1962.
The small oval cairn of 4.0 by 3.75 m in diameter, in which there was no burial, is connected with a 15 m long row of originally 24 stones. The stones are pretty small.
Of the same type as the circles of Beaghmore and probably also from the Bronze Age , the stone circle is 12.8 m in diameter. It consists of 39 stones of different heights. The largest is 1.8 m high. Some stones were replaced during the excavation, these are marked with "MOF". The complex is now fenced in and very well maintained.
Nearby is the menhir and the stone row of Montiaghroe .
See also
literature
- DM Waterman: The Stone Circle, Cairn and Alignment at Drumskinny Co. Fermanagh In: Ulster Journal of Archeology 27 (1964) pp. 23-30
Web links
- Drumskinny Stone Circle - County Fermanagh Pictures and English Description
Coordinates: 54 ° 35 '4 " N , 7 ° 41' 25.9" W.