Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . effect is thatthe lowering of the dumha has not been finished. My colleague whohas seen the mound has no doubt that it is a cut down dumha. It seems to me most improbable that the Normans meddledhere. They would have used the dumha as a high mote. Rath Brenainn is about 10 miles south of the Altered are well within the Roscommon Dumha area. We may now try to sort our combined works in accordance withthe nature of the combination. /. Tara and Rath Brenainn.—A residential rath has been com-bined with an older sepulchral or cerem
Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . effect is thatthe lowering of the dumha has not been finished. My colleague whohas seen the mound has no doubt that it is a cut down dumha. It seems to me most improbable that the Normans meddledhere. They would have used the dumha as a high mote. Rath Brenainn is about 10 miles south of the Altered are well within the Roscommon Dumha area. We may now try to sort our combined works in accordance withthe nature of the combination. /. Tara and Rath Brenainn.—A residential rath has been com-bined with an older sepulchral or ceremonial rath of practically thesame character with very Uttle modification, and that only ofexternal features. II. The Altered Dumha.—A residential or ceremonial rath ofquite different character has been combined with a sepulchralmound which has been largely removed and materially altered tosuit it. III. Dumha Brosna.—^Two sepulchral works of very differentcharacter have been combined with only slight modification of Plate XXIII [To face page 29{i. RATH BRENAINN RATH BRENAINN 297 external features, as in the case of Tara, The components, dumhaand ring of this type, have been found near each other occasionally^suggesting some kind of relationship or succession. The theories suggested in this paper are not to be taken asdogma, but as tentative explanations, useful as a start towardsmarshalling of facts. It has been suggested to me that the name Drecan survives inMcCracken, Mac Dhrecain, but I am not competent to judge. ADDENDUM EARTHWORKS NEAR RATH BRENAINN These two raths are about 300 yards west-north-west of RathBrenainn on a gentle southerly slope, making the southern part NEAR RATH BRENAINN. 2ft i/ y It /2ft ^% .rfS^^ |i08FT= >9^^ B ^B about 4 feet lower than the northern. Their banks are so slight thatthey cannot have been intended for defensive purposes. It isconvenient to call them raths, as that word is used so vaguely thatit means little more than earthwork, usua
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