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STONE CIRCLE in Ballybriest

STONE CIRCLE

What is recorded here

Mnemo is a STONE CIRCLE in Ballybriest. It belongs to the PREHISTORIC period and may have marked a boundary, a meeting place or a remembered event. People may have walked past it, pointed at it or left it alone because it was already part of the land.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as STONE CIRCLE. Recorded period: 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, this stone circle may have been used for ceremonial, ritual, or astronomical purposes. Such sites often held spiritual significance and were associated with communal gatherings or burial practices in prehistoric communities.

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