Corick (from
Irish Comhrac 'confluence'[1]) is a
megalithic site and
townland in the civil parish of
Ballynascreen,
County Londonderry,
Northern Ireland.[2] It includes a
stone circle and a
stone row. The Corick stone circles and alignments are located 2 km north east of Ballybriest court-tomb, 400 metres south of Corick
clachan, near a stream.[3] The stone alignments and circle are Scheduled Historic Monuments in Corick at grid reference: Area of H780 896.[4][2]
Function
Although it is often believed the stone monuments were intentionally aligned to serve a greater purpose, the crudeness of the stones means that they could not have been used as advanced astronomical calculators. Their positioning therefore is more likely symbolic rather than functional.[citation needed]
^Toner, Gregory: Place-Names of Northern Ireland, Volume Five, County Derry I, The Moyola Valley, page 16. The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University Belfast, 1996.
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^"Corick". Gazetteer of Irish Prehistoric Monuments - County Londonderry. Retrieved 1 December 2007.
^"Corick"(PDF). Environment and Heritage Service - Scheduled Historic Monuments. Archived from
the original(PDF) on 5 November 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2007.