What is recorded here
Mountkelly Observatory (in Ruins) is a cairn, unclassified in Moydow, County Roscommon, Ireland. It stands on top of Moydow Hill at the centre of a hilltop enclosure. The subrectangular structure measures 10.4 metres northeast-southwest and 9.6 metres east-west, reaching a maximum height of 1.6 metres. Although no visible structural stones remain, a trigonometric station marks the summit.
On top of Moydow Hill, and at the centre of hilltop enclosure (RO042-017001-). A subrectangular cairn (dims 10.4m NE-SW; 9.6m E-W; max. H 1.6m) has no visible structural stones, but there is a trig. station on the summit.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
A subrectangular cairn, likely dating to the Bronze Age, situated within a hilltop enclosure; its position suggests a possible ceremonial or territorial significance.
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- What survives
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