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CAIRN ('STONE CIRCLE'): KILMAKEE STONE CIRCLE in Kilmakee

CAIRN ('STONE CIRCLE'): KILMAKEE STONE CIRCLE

What is recorded here

Kilmakee Stone Circle stands as a prehistoric scheduled site in County Antrim, where ancient hands arranged rock before written history existed. The stones may have marked a boundary, a meeting place or a warning to careless travellers. They remain unchanged while human life comes and goes around them.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CAIRN ('STONE CIRCLE'): KILMAKEE STONE CIRCLE. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Neolithic stone circle, dating to approximately 2500–2000 BCE. Its significance lies in its association with early ritual or ceremonial practices in the prehistoric landscape of Northern Ireland.

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