Rosdoagh Stone Circle is a court cairn and National Monument located in County Mayo, Ireland.
Location
Rosdoagh Court Tomb is located 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. On older maps, it is labeled "Stone Circle", but the current classification is court tomb.
Description
Rosdoagh is a large court cairn, with a near-circular kerb of 33 stones. It once supported a cairn about in diameter, with sixteen stones surviving from a large central court, with a diameter of about . A short gallery, orientated roughly SSE-NNW, opens to the court at the SSE. An oval bank surrounds the whole court cairn, about .
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