Stone circle

The National Monuments Service's description

Unlocated possible stone circle in the townland of Rahugh. The monument was described in 1870-1 as following; 'There are the remains of a stone circle in Rath-hugh, from which all the stones have been removed except seven, and of these one only remains perpendicular. ' They are grits,' said a man who came towards me as I went along chipping them with a hammer. ' And there is a stone standing alone in the Sally meadow; and I heard them say that there used to be another over near the hills.' The circle was about thirty yards in diameter. It is upon a sloping ground which looks to the beautiful towering moat (WM038-045----), distant a quarter of a mile, and due east of it. Perhaps some of the stones of the circle were removed by the builders of the old church (WM038-041----) the cyclopean-like ruin hard by. Boulders appear through the turf, where the circle was continued, but I cannot think that they formed a part of it. The stone in the meadow is triangular in a rough way ; its apex may be about five feet above the earth ; it is flatsided, and ranged within a few degrees of the meridian. My friend, Mr. John Deane, told me that roadmakers were prevented from encroaching upon the stone circle by old Mr. Bagnal. When I saw it, the sandpit was grass-grown, or mossgrown,and two or more of the stones had tumbled into it' (Anon 1878, 27-8).

Anon (1878) 'Proceedings', Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland 1870-71, Vol. 1, 27-8.

Compiled by Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 18 January 2012