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Ballynoe stone circle

Neolithic–Early Bronze Age stone circle, County Down

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Ballynoe Stone Circle is a late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age stone circle located near the village of Ballynoe, County Down in Northern Ireland. It is one of around 1,300 recorded stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany.

Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Classical Period
Post-Classical Period
Early Modern Period
Industrial Period
Contemporary Period
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Entrance alignment (annual)

March 21

Stone circle construction period

3300–900 BCE

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Burial and Funerary Structures

CistsBurial ChambersBurial Mounds
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Ceremonial PlatformsStelae
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Monuments
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Artificial Mounds
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Astronomical and Timekeeping Structures

Stone Alignments
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Country

United Kingdom

Coordinates

54.29° N, -5.73° E