Corick
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Corick (Template:Etymology<ref>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. Template:ISBN</ref>) is a megalithic site and townland in the civil parish of Ballynascreen, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.<ref name="PL">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The stone alignments and circle are Scheduled Historic Monuments in Corick at grid reference: Area of H780 896.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="PL" />
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.Template:Citation needed
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