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STONE CIRCLE? or CASHEL? in Corrymellagh

STONE CIRCLE? or CASHEL?

What is recorded here

That is CASHEL, not a circle. A cashel is a small fort, often round, made of dry stone or earth. It may have had a wooden palisade, a gate, and a household inside. The question mark in the name means the shape is no longer certain, not that the place is empty.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as STONE CIRCLE? or CASHEL?. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.; 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 Late Neolithic or Bronze Age, this site may have functioned as a ceremonial or burial monument. Its dual classification as either a stone circle or a cashel suggests later reuse, possibly in the early Christian period, though its original prehistoric meaning remains unclear.

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Recorded monument

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