This is an interpretation of the ancient ceremonial site of Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon focusing on the mound and immediate area. I've presented the mound as drum-like, held by a timber palisade. There's evidence that a stone structure was buried within the mound and I like the idea that a stone structure may have been raised closer to the sun by rebuilding on top of a mound. The mounds surface has spoke-like lines dug out to make it look like a wheel from above, honouring a sky god as well as the earth goddess(ghostly figure seen on the mound).
Main inspirations are results from the 2009 book 'Rathcroghan: archaeological and geophysical survey in a ritual landscape' by John Waddell, Joseph Fenwick and Kevin Barton. The wheel design for the mounds top is inspired by 'Roman Ireland' by Vitorio Di Martino who claims a similar design was carved on the mound at 'Navan Fort'. The figures used are gotten from the iron-age Gundestrup Cauldron

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