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NINE STONE CIRCLES & TWO ALIGNMENTS: MOYMORE STONE CIRCLES in Moymore

NINE STONE CIRCLES & TWO ALIGNMENTS: MOYMORE STONE CIRCLES

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The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as NINE STONE CIRCLES & TWO ALIGNMENTS: MOYMORE STONE CIRCLES. 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.
Probably dating to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, the Moymore Stone Circles likely had ceremonial or astronomical significance, possibly used for ritual gatherings or marking seasonal events. Such arrangements are often associated with funerary practices or communal rituals in prehistoric Atlantic Europe.

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