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County Roscommon

Rathcroghan

Rathcroghan is a complex of archaeological sites near in , Ireland. It is identified as the site of Cruachan, the traditional capital of the Connachta, the prehistoric and early historic rulers of the western territory.
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  • Type: Cliff
  • Description: archaeological site
  • Also known as: “Rath Cruachan”, “Ráth Cruachan”, and “Rathcroghan Mound”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Elphin.

Town
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
is a small town in north , . It forms the southern tip of a triangle with 18 km and 14 km to the north west and north east respectively. is situated 9 km northeast of Rathcroghan.

Rathcroghan

Latitude
53.8023° or 53° 48′ 8″ north
Longitude
-8.30419° or 8° 18′ 15″ west
Open location code
9C5HRM2W+W8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 911518923
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cliff
Wiki­data ID
Q1009358
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In Other Languages

From Breton to Ukrainian—“Rathcroghan” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Ráth Cruachan”
  • Chinese: “罗斯康芒郡建筑群”
  • Dutch: “Cruachan”
  • Dutch: “Crúachan”
  • French: “Crúachan”
  • French: “Rathcroghan”
  • German: “Cruachain”
  • German: “Rathcroghan”
  • Indonesian: “Rathcroghan”
  • Irish: “Ráth Cruachan”
  • Japanese: “クルアハン”
  • Japanese: “クルアハンの城砦”
  • Korean: “라흐 크루어한”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cruachan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cruachu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rathcroghan”
  • Norwegian: “Rathcroghan”
  • Persian: “راثکروگن”
  • Russian: “Круахан”
  • Spanish: “Rathcroghan”
  • Ukrainian: “Круахан”

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Notable Places Nearby

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rathcroghan”. Photo: Davsca, CC BY 3.0.