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Carrowmacloughlin

Site/Artefact Penitential Station Type Cairn Site Number SMR Mayo 087 04305 National Grid Reference 090020 East 279960 North Map ( 1:50000) Ordnance Survey Ireland, Discovery Series No 31 List of Sites and Artefacts Click Here Interactive Map Click Here

Description
These three cairns surrounded by an enclosure form the third station on the Croagh Patrick pilgrimage route. They are located along the western base of the cone of Croagh Patrick, on level ground where four townlands meet. They are aligned NE-SW and the largest cairn at the SW end is 11m in diameter whilst, the other two are 5.5m to 6.5m across. They vary in height from 1.8m to 3.2m and small loose stones possibly from later religious visitations form their outer layers. The local name for this site is Garraí Mór, the 'Great Enclosure' but it is also known as Roilig Mhuire. Roilig Mhuire or Mary's Grave has, it is suggested, a pre Christian origin in that it was possibly a grave dedicated to the memory of a pagan goddess that was later Christianised after the arrival of Saint Patrick.

Excavation Details
N/A

Access/Ownership
Public

References

• Hughes, H. 1991, Croagh Patrick, An Ancient Mountain Pilgrimage, Westport.
• Morahan, L. 2001, Croagh Patrick, Co. Mayo, archaeology, landscape and people, Westport

Mayo Sites and Artefacts

1. Mayo Abbey 2. Balla 3. Ballintubber Abbey 4. Tóchar Phadraig 5. Aghagower 6. Lankhill 7. Boheh 8. Croagh Patrick Summit 9. Carrownalurgan 10. Ardoley 11. Kiladangan 12. Glaspatrick 13. Shrawee 14. Clare Island - Strake 15. Clare Island - Lecarrow 16. Caher Island 17. Durless

18. Carrowmore 19. Knappaghmanagh 20. Cushalogurt 21. Carrowkeel Ecclesiastical Remains 22. Thornhill 23. Carrowkeel Murrisk 24. Carrowkeel Cahernaran 25. Carrowmacloughlin Cairn-1 26. Carrowmacloughlin Cairn-2 27. Carrowmacloughlin Cairn-3 28. Carrowmacloughlin/ Glencally/ Teevenacroaghy 29. Carrowmacloughlin Sweathouses 30. Glaspatrick Holy Well

31. Glaspatrick Rath-1 32. Glaspatrick Early Ecclesiastical Remains 33. Glaspatrick Ringfort 34. Glaspatrick Rath-2 35. Glaspatrick Ecclesiatical Remains 36. Glaspatrick Altar 38. Glaspatrick Graveyard 39. Murrisk Demesne Standing Stone-1 40. Murrisk Demesne Standing Stone-2 41. Murrisk Demesne Standing Stone-3 42. Teevenacroaghy

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