Drumskinny (Place Names NI /ref>) is the site of a
stone circle
A stone circle is a ring of standing stones. Most are found in Northwestern Europe – especially in Britain, Ireland, and Brittany – and typically date from the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age, with most being built from 3000 BC. The ...
in the
townland
A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic orig ...
of Drumskinny,
County Fermanagh
County Fermanagh ( ; ) is one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the six counties of Northern Ireland.
The county covers an area of 1,691 km2 (653 sq mi) and has a population of 61,805 ...
,
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label=Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is #Descriptions, variously described as ...
. With the inclusion of an adjacent cairn and alignment, the stone circle is a State Care Historic Monument in
Fermanagh and Omagh
Ulster Scots: ''Fermanay an Omey''
, settlement_type = District
, subdivision_type = Sovereign state
, subdivision_type1 = Constituent country
, subdivision_type2 =
, subdivision_type3 =
, subdivision_ty ...
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
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
of Clonfeacle in
County Tyrone
County Tyrone (; ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland. It is no longer used as an administrative division for local government but retai ...
; and in the civil parish of Dromore also in County Tyrone.
See also
*
List of archaeological sites in County Fermanagh
List of archaeological sites in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland:
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*Aghaherrish, Counterscarp ringfort, rath, grid ref: H1312 4467
*Aghahoorin, Bivallate rath, grid ref: H1185 4573
*Aghakillymaud, Court cairn, Court tomb, grid ref: ...