What is recorded here
No visible circle exists in Crossreagh today. The survey marker points to a vanished stone ring, perhaps buried under farmland or forgotten by the people who lived beside it. What remains is a coordinate and a claim: stones stood here before written history, and the earth has taken them back.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as STONE CIRCLE (O.S. memoir site, unlocated). Recorded period: UNCERTAIN; PREHISTORIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, such stone circles were often used for ceremonial, ritual, or astronomical purposes. Their meaning and use remain largely speculative, though they may have held spiritual or communal significance in prehistoric society.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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