Rosdoagh Stone Circle

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

Rosdoagh Stone Circle
Native name
Irish: Liagchiorcal Ros Dumhach
Druid's Circle
Rosdoagh Court Tomb/Cairn
Location of Rosdoagh Stone Circle in Ireland
Typecourt cairn
LocationRosdoagh, Rossport,
County Mayo, Ireland
Coordinates54.280103°N 9.801466°W / 54.280103; -9.801466
Builtc. 4000–2500 BC
Official nameRosdoagh Stone Circle
Reference no.386

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 (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).[5]

References
  1. "Rosdoagh". Schools.prehistory.co.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  2. Weir, Anthony. "County Mayo - selected monuments". Irishmegaliths.org.uk.
  3. Burl, Aubrey (1 January 2005). A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany. Yale University Press. ISBN 0300114060 – via Google Books.
  4. "Rosdoagh Court Tomb - Voices from the Dawn". Voicesfromthedawn.com.
  5. "SURVEY OF THE MEGALITHIC TOMBS OF IRELAND" (PDF). Archaeology.ie. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
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