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<< Text Pages >> Inishowen - Stone Circle in Ireland (Republic of) in Co. Mayo

Submitted by vicky on Sunday, 13 October 2002  Page Views: 16094

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Inishowen
Country: Ireland (Republic of)
NOTE: This site is 6.789 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Co. Mayo Type: Stone Circle

Map Ref: M128615
Discovery Map Number: D38
Latitude: 53.596283N  Longitude: 9.317776W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Re: Inishowen by noelpbrowne on Wednesday, 17 May 2006
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I did a basic survey on this site for a project recently. This is part of the survey.
Situated on the highest point, in grassland on top of a north south running ridge on the east shore of Lough Mask in an undulating landscape. This would have been an island in the past. The underlying geology is limestone and there is deep soil. There are extensive views in all directions. To the north there are views over Lough Mask and Caher bay. Neiphin Mór and Neiphin Beg are visible. The hill around Kiltimagh are visible to the north east over Ballinrobe. To the east, the ground dips away steeply to what once would have been a north south running inlet of the lake. The ground rises again at circa 1km with Eochy’s cairn and Lough Mask castle visible in the distance. To the south the land slopes gently downward to the lake with Inishard visible 1km away. Further on Rosshill is visible some 7km away and further still the hills around Oughterard are visible. To the west the ground slopes gently down to the lake some 200m away. The islands on the lake are visible, Saints island, Inish Ocht and Devenish. Some of these islands are said to have the remains of ancient churches. In the distance the Partry Mountains and Ben Levy are visible.

The fort is circular with two earthen banks with a deep fosse in between. There are some standing stones on the inner bank on the western side. Some others lie prostrate on the ground. There is no obvious entrance. The site is very heavily overgrown and parts of the site are inaccessible. The remains of a later stone wall are evident on the north west side. Loose stones lay scattered around, particularly in the northern half. No foundations were evident.

The banks are built of earth and stone. The outer bank is 4-5m wide and the fosse is up to 2m deep. The highest of the standing stones is 2.3m tall. There were no standing stones visible on the east or south sides.

There are two deep depressions, one to the south west and one to the west some 2-3m from the outer bank. The one to the south west is slightly oval and is 53m in diameter and 4m deep. The one to the west is 30m in diameter and circa 3m deep. This one is very overgrown. The banks are very steep.

The palisade was said to have numbered eighty standing stones. A survey in 1990 by the Lough Mask and Lough Carra development association in association with Fás counted thirty five, some standing, some fallen.
This was said to be the Royal site of Eoin Béil, King of Connaught in the 6th century A.D. His name gives the name to the Townland.

There is an account of Inisheoin in William R. Wilde’s book ‘Lough Corrib-Its shores and Islands’

Here is another most remarkable confirmation of the tale; for by the margin of the lake in the island (or peninsula as it is at present in summer time) of InisEoghain, or Inishowen, there stands this remarkable monument to this hour, within an elevated and entrenched fort, as shown in the following illustration, with thirteen of these flat " flagstones " still occupying the edge of the rath, some of them over six feet high, by nine inches wide, and about four or five inches thick. The site commands a glorious prospect of the lake and the Partral range, as well as Neifin and Baile Cruaidh mountains, and the deep valley through which the waters of Loch na Fuatha1 communicate with Loch Measca. The fort is oval, and measures twenty-two paces across; some of the stones are perforated; upon the west or water side the ditch is remarkably steep, but now much overgrown with bushes.

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