Type court cairn Reference no. 386 | Built c. 4000–2500 BC | |
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Location Rosdoagh, Rossport,
County Mayo, Ireland | ||
Rosdoagh Stone Circle is a court cairn and National Monument located in County Mayo, Ireland.
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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 (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).