Rosdoagh Stone Circle facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Rosdoagh Stone Circle |
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Native name Irish: [Liagchiorcal Ros Dumhach] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) |
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Druid's Circle Rosdoagh Court Tomb/Cairn |
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Type | court cairn |
Location | Rosdoagh, Rossport, County Mayo, Ireland |
Built | c. 4000–2500 BC |
National Monument of Ireland
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Official name: Rosdoagh Stone Circle | |
Reference no. | 386 |
Rosdoagh Stone Circle is a court cairn and National Monument located in County Mayo, Ireland.
Location
Rosdoagh Stone Circle is located 700 m (2,300 ft) southwest of Rossport, near the mouth of the Glenamoy River.
History
The court cairn was built in the Neolithic Age. It was originally recorded as a "druid's circle" as it appears to the casual observer to be two concentric rings, however it is today recognised as a court cairn.
Description
Rosdoagh is a large court cairn, with a near-circular kerb of 33 stones.
It once supported a cairn about 18 m (59 ft) in diameter, with sixteen stones surviving from a large central court, with a diameter of about 9 m (30 ft). A short gallery, orientated roughly SSE-NNW, opens to the court at the SSE.
An oval bank surrounds the whole court cairn, about 27 m × 20 m (30 yd × 22 yd).