Enclosure

The National Monuments Service's description

On a knoll on the N-facing slope of Rathcroghan ridge. The barrow (RO022-056035-) is within an oval enclosure (RO022-056052-), which is within a larger outer enclosure (dims. 74.7m N-S; 51.5m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.2-0.4m) at the base of the knoll, although the perimeter may be incorporated into the S bank (Wth 5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.8m) of the road (RO022-056033-) which overlies the outer enclosure at its S end. There is a fragment of an earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; H 0.9m) on the line of the outer enclosure at W where the knoll has been quarried and the perimeter of the outer enclosure is also quarried at N. (Knox 1914, 19-20; Herity 1983, 130; 1987, 134, Toberrory 7; Waddell 1983, 39; No. 39)

This is a National Monument in state ownership: No. 294.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

Knox, H.T. 1914 Ruins of Cruachain Ai. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 44, 1-50.

Herity, M. 1987a A survey of the royal site of Cruachain in Connaught. 3. Ringforts and ecclesiastical sites. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 117, 125-41.

Herity, M. 1983 A survey of the royal site of Cruachain in Connacht, 1. Introduction, the monuments and topography. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 113, 121-42.

Waddell, J. 1983 Rathcroghan - a royal site in Connaught. Journal of Irish Archaeology 1, 21-46.