Court cairn

Rosdoagh Stone Circle

Ireland County Mayo national monument of Ireland
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Rosdoagh Stone Circle is a court cairn and National Monument located in County Mayo, Ireland.

- Rosdoagh Court Tomb is located 700 m (2,300 ft) southwest of Rossport, near the mouth of the Glenamoy River.

- 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.

- 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).