What is recorded here
On the Rathcroghan plateau, c. 60m SE of Rathcroghan mound (RO022-057010-) and within ceremonial enclosure (RO022-056012-). It is also on the line of the roadway (RO022-057021-). Known only from aerial photographs and described as c. 6-7m in diameter (Waddell, 1983, 29, No. 6). Ring-barrow (RO022-057016-) is just to the E, and barrow (RO022-056019-) is c. 60m to the SE. It is not visible at ground level. (Herity 1983, 130; 1988, 131, Glenballythomas 5)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. It is part of a significant ceremonial and funerary landscape associated with the Rathcroghan complex, an important archaeological site linked to the ancient kingdom of Connacht.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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