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{{Short description|Irish megalithic archaeological site}}
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[[File:Stone circle, Corick.jpg|thumb|Stone circle.]]
[[File:Stone row, Corick.jpg|thumb|Stone row.]]
'''Corick''' ({{etymology|ga|Comhrac|confluence}}<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. {{ISBN|0-85389-613-5}}</ref>) is a [[megalithic]] site and [[townland]] in the civil parish of [[Ballynascreen,County Londonderry|Ballynascreen]], [[County Londonderry]], [[Northern Ireland]].<ref name="PL">{{cite web | title=Corick; Ballynascreen; Magherafelt | work=Peatlands NI | url=http://www.peatlandsni.gov.uk/archaeology/stone_circles_details/circle_8.htm | access-date=2007-12-01 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320225027/http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/biodiversity/habitats-2/peatlands.htm | archive-date=2012-03-20 | url-status=dead }}</ref> It includes a [[stone circle]] and a [[stone row]]. The Corick stone circles and alignments are located 2&nbsp;km north east of Ballybriest court-tomb, 400 metres south of Corick [[clachan]], near a stream.<ref>{{cite web | title=Corick | work= Gazetteer of Irish Prehistoric Monuments - County Londonderry | url=http://www.irishmegaliths.org.uk/derry.htm | access-date=2007-12-01}}</ref> The stone alignments and circle are Scheduled Historic Monuments in Corick at grid reference: Area of H780 896.<ref>{{cite web|title=Corick |work=Environment and Heritage Service - Scheduled Historic Monuments |url=http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/scheduled_monuments1to31mar07.pdf |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20081105170858/http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/scheduled_monuments1to31mar07.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-11-05 |access-date=2007-12-01 }}</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.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}

==See also==
* [[List of archaeological sites in County Londonderry]]

==External links==
*{{cite web |url=http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?mapref=H779896 |title=The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map: Corick Stone Circle Stone Circle |publisher=www.megalithic.co.uk |access-date=2010-02-06 }}

==References==
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[[Category:Archaeological sites in County Londonderry]]
[[Category:Stone circles in Northern Ireland]]
[[Category:Scheduled monuments in Northern Ireland]]
[[Category:Prehistoric sites in Northern Ireland]]
[[Category:Townlands of County Londonderry]]