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Ballynoe stone circle
54.2909° N, -5.7259° E
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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.
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March 21
Stone circle construction period
3300–900 BCE
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Burial and Funerary Structures
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