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The stone circles near Strabane comprise two Bronze Age monuments set on bedrock of Neoproterozoic psammite and semipelite, ancient metamorphic rocks that form part of the underlying Argyll Group. The complex, positioned at grid reference H4926096890, appears to include a possible alignment of stones, suggesting these circles may have held astronomical or ceremonial significance for the Early Bronze Age communities who erected them. Such alignments are characteristic of Bronze Age sacred landscapes across the British Isles, where the positioning of stones frequently related to celestial events or ritual processional routes.
The monument is protected under Historic Environment Division reference 14057, reflecting its archaeological importance as evidence of Bronze Age ritual and settlement patterns in the north-west of the island of Ireland. The local geology of hard metamorphic stone would have determined the size and character of the stones available for the builders, creating a monument distinctly influenced by its immediate landscape. The survival of these circles at Strabane provides insight into the ritual practices and monumental investment of Bronze Age communities in this region during the second millennium BC.
Two stone circles & possible alignment is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 14057. View the official record →
The stone circles near Strabane comprise two Bronze Age monuments set on bedrock of Neoproterozoic psammite and semipelite, ancient metamorphic rocks that form part of the underlying Argyll Group. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 14057.
Two stone circles & possible alignment dates from the e.b.a. period, and is classified as a stone circle complex. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Two stone circles & possible alignment is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 14057.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Giant's grave. wedge tomb & stone circle (2.4 km), Bronze age ceremonial landscape (4.3 km), Two stone circles, cairn with cist & two alignments (5.4 km).
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Two stone circles & possible alignment stands on Argyll Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite, semipelite and pelite.