Croghan Hill - Cruachán Bri Eile

Croghan Hill (Irish: Cnoc Cruacháin or Brí Éile) is a hill with a height of 234 metres (768 ft) in County Offaly, Ireland (Irish: Contae Uíbh Fhailí, Éire). The site was first used in Neolithic times, dating back to around 2000BC. There are a number of burial mounds within and around the site of a fort. The fort is circular with four embankments and ditches, which was further secured by its location in an area of bog land. The remains of 'Old Croghan Man', a well preserved Iron Age bog body who is believed to have died (possibly as a sacrifice) between 362 and 175 BC, was found in a bog close by. The remains of 'Old Croghan Man' are in the National Museum of Ireland (Irish: Ard-Mhúsaem na hÉireann) in Dublin. More information from the Museum's Bog Bodies Research Project can be seen in the link given below. Croghan Hill is located about ten miles northeast of Tullamore in County Offaly. 

Link: The National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology (Irish: Ard-Mhúsaem na hÉireann - Seandálaíocht)

Image: Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Enhanced vision of Croghan Hill rising from the Bog on Allen in County Offaly, Ireland.