Rosdoagh Stone Circle

Rosdoagh Stone Circle
Native name
Irish: Liagchiorcal Ros Dumhach
Druid's Circle
Rosdoagh Court Tomb/Cairn
Location of Rosdoagh Stone Circle in Ireland
Type court cairn
Location Rosdoagh, Rossport,
County Mayo, Ireland
Coordinates 54°16′48″N 9°48′05″W / 54.280103°N 9.801466°W / 54.280103; -9.801466Coordinates: 54°16′48″N 9°48′05″W / 54.280103°N 9.801466°W / 54.280103; -9.801466
Built c. 4000–2500 BC
Official name: Rosdoagh Stone Circle
Reference no. 386

Rosdoagh Stone Circle is a court cairn and National Monument located in County Mayo, Ireland.[1]

Location

Rosdoagh Stone Circle is located 700 m (2,300 ft) southwest of Rossport, near the mouth of the Glenamoy River.[2][3]

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.[4]

Description

Rosdoagh is a large court cairn, with a near-circular kerb of 33 stones.

It once supported a cairn about 18 m (60 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 × 20 m (30 × 22 yds).[5]

References

  1. ↑ Map, The Megalithic Portal and Megalith. "Rosdoagh".
  2. ↑ Weir, Anthony. "County Mayo - selected monuments".
  3. ↑ Burl, Aubrey (1 January 2005). "A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany". Yale University Press – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "Rosdoagh Court Tomb - Voices from the Dawn".
  5. ↑ https://www.archaeology.ie/sites/default/files/media/publications/smi-vol-2-text.pdf
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