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MuseumsSite Name: Cruachan Aí Heritage Centre Alternative Name: Rathcroghan Mound, Rathcroghan Visitor CentreCountry: Ireland (Republic of)
NOTE: This site is 0.549 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Co. Roscommon Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Castlerea Nearest Village: Tulsk
Latitude: 53.778910N Longitude: 8.253831W
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Museum in Co. Roscommon. In the heartland of Connacht, Ireland a forgotten landscape is being brought to light in the award-winning Cruachan Aí Heritage Centre. Cruachan is one of the most important and best preserved Celtic Royal Sites in Europe, and the medieval village of Tulsk, Co. Roscommon is the setting for the new centre.
An amazing array of archaeological remains are located within a four mile radius of the centre, dating from the Stone Age to the historic period, and these are interpreted in our bright, modern exhibition rooms.
The central focus is Rathcroghan Mound, now established as a ceremonial mound associated with pre-Christian ritual. Most of the important sites date from the Late Bronze Age and the Iron Age, a period of great activity and progress in Ireland 's past.
Source: Rathcroghan Visitor Centre web site
Note: Delving into the past in Roscommon, see comment
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