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Rathfran : Stone Circle

CountyMayo
Grid RefG 192 335
Longitude9° 14' 22.45" W
Latitude54° 14' 38.04" N
Nearest TownKillala (3.7 Km)
OS Sheet24
UTM zone29U
UTM x484388.2064965
UTM y6010685.1822024
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 4th August 2002

Perched nicely up on the hill over looking the estuary this circle is unfortunately quite damaged. The stones to the west side still remain pretty much intact, but the east and south are mainly missing or fallen.

The circle had a diameter somewhere in the region of 8m with stones all around the 1.4m mark.

To the east is another monument, marked as a circle, but in reality a cairn kerb I think, but it is hard to say. It could be an odd shaped circle with a cairn in the middle.

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Directions

From Killala take the R314 north for around 4kms. Here the road turns sharp right, crosses a river and turns sharp left. At this bend carry straight on. Continue along this road for 2kms until you reach a cross roads. Turn right and continue along here until 400m after a sharp left bend. Take the track to the left and drive along until you reach a right hand bend. Park here and you can access the circles via a gate just before the bend.

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2.2 Km (ENE) there is a Court Tomb at Cashel.
3.3 Km (NNE) there is a Standing Stone at Carrowsteelagh.
6.5 Km (NNW) there is a Court Tomb at Creevagh.
5.6 Km (NNW) there is a Court Tomb at Castletown known as Castletown (W).
800 m (W) there is a Wedge Tomb at Rathfran known as Rathfran North.

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