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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dooncarton circle Alternative Name: Dún CeartáinCountry: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Mayo Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Ballina Nearest Village: Dooncarton
Latitude: 54.278685N Longitude: 9.82568W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Murph visited on 1st Feb 2019 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3
The lore associated with it can be read on the Voices from the Dawn website.
~ 1.6 km E by N, in Rosdoagh (F 827 383) is "The Druids' Circles" - in fact, a large court-tomb whose unimpressive remains consist mainly of a kerb of an almost-circular cairn some 18 metres in diameter, and sixteen surviving stones of a once-impressive central court. The site with fine views has been ruined by the usual hideous bungalow plonked right beside it.
~ 22 km SW at the highest point of the SW end of the dreary Mullet Peninsula (F 606 197 ?) in Tonadoon or Letterbeg not far from a Promontory Fort, is a bogus stone circle whimsically known as St Dervla's Twist, and erected as part of the Mullet Sculpture Trail in 1993. Follow the links from our Nearby Site list below for more.
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1.6km E 84° Rosdoagh Stone Circle (F827383)
24.1km E 82° Céide Fields* Ancient Village or Settlement (G052408)
26.5km SW 220° Derible's Twist* Modern Stone Circle etc
26.6km SW 220° Tobar Dherbhile (Fallmore) Early Christian Sculptured Stone (F635182)
27.5km E 85° Doonfeeny* Standing Stone (Menhir) (G0866639743)
28.5km E 89° Ballyglass* Court Tomb (G097381)
29.2km WSW 237° Inishkea Cross Slab* Ancient Cross
29.2km SE 130° Dooleeg More* Stone Row / Alignment (G031188)
30.5km SE 128° Eskeragh* Stone Row / Alignment (G048189)
34.5km SSW 206° Keel East court tomb* Court Tomb (F64980758)
34.6km SSW 207° Stone Structures on Slievemore Mountain Ancient Village or Settlement
34.6km SSW 206° Cromlech Tumulus* Ancient Village or Settlement (F64840756)
35.3km E 88° Rathlackan* Court Tomb (G165388)
35.5km SSW 208° Slievermore well Holy Well or Sacred Spring
35.6km SSW 201° Loughannascaddy crannog* Crannog (F67330534)
36.3km E 98° Mullaghmore (Co. Mayo) Stone Circle (G170320)
36.9km SSW 208° Keel East standing stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (F62640616)
36.9km SSW 208° Keel East hill summit* Not Known (by us) (F62650613)
37.0km SSW 209° Achill-henge* Modern Stone Circle etc
37.2km E 97° Carbad More* Court Tomb (G181327)
37.3km E 95° Breastagh* Standing Stone (Menhir) (G183337)
37.5km E 96° Rathfranpark Stone Circle (G184333)
37.5km E 96° Rathfranpark Wedge Tomb* Wedge Tomb
38.0km E 95° Summerhill House Stone Circle (G190340)
38.2km E 96° Rathfran Stone Circles Stone Circle
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