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STANDING STONE & ALIGNMENT in Gortin

STANDING STONE & ALIGNMENT

What is recorded here

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as STANDING STONE & ALIGNMENT. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC; UNCERTAIN. 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, this standing stone and alignment may have functioned as a ceremonial or astronomical marker. Such features often held ritual significance, possibly linked to seasonal events or ancestral beliefs.

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