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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Gortcorbies SWCountry: Ireland (Northern)
NOTE: This site is 0.4 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Limavady
Map Ref: C74012551
Discoverer Map Number: D04
Latitude: 55.071411N Longitude: 6.842196W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Ring-cairn(?) in Londonderry
Circle diameter: 72 feet, Number of stones: ?
The site is too ruinous to determine what exactly was there, but it is obviously artificial by the circular arrangement of stones.
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