Existence: Around 6000 years, from 4500 BC til 1500 AD
Rathcroghan (Irish: Ráth Cruachan, meaning 'fort of Cruachan') is a complex of archaeological sites near Tulsk in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is identified as the site of Cruachan, the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Connachta, the prehistoric and early historic rulers of the western territory. The Rathcroghan Complex is a unique archaeological landscape with many references found in early Irish medieval manuscripts.
Located on the plains of Connacht, Rathcroghan is one of the six Royal Sites of Ireland. This landscape which extends over six square kilometres, consists of over 240 archaeological sites, sixty of which are protected national monuments. These monuments range from the Neolithic (4000 – 2500 BC), through the Bronze (2500 – 500 BC) and Iron Age (500 BC – 400 AD), to the early medieval period and beyond.
Rathcroghan is recorded as the location of one of the great fairs of Ireland, as well as being one of the island's three great heathen cemeteries. It is also the location for the beginning and end of a national epic tale – an Táin Bó Cúailnge, and the royal seat of Medb (Maeve), Connacht's Warrior Queen.
Rathcroghan is said to provide entrance to the Otherworld, described in the medieval period as "Ireland's Gate to Hell", via Oweynagat (the Cave of the Cats). The cave has associations with the pagan festival of Samhain, Halloween, as well as being described as the "fit abode" of Morrigan, a Celtic Goddess of pre-Christian Ireland.
Cruachan was slowly abandoned in the medieval period and by 1600 was being used as grazing and farmland by the local populace.
THEME: European
CLIMATE: -13 - 24 C (to be fixed later)
LATITUDE: Northern Hemisphere
BUILDABLE AREA: 92%
OUTSIDE CONNECTIONS: Road. Rail. Air. Power
NATURAL RESOURCES: Wheat 103km2 , Forest 383kt, Ore 98.5kt, Oil 66.7kt
TERRAIN: Some flat areas with many small hills and slopes
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Rathcroghan (Irish: Ráth Cruachan, meaning 'fort of Cruachan') is a complex of archaeological sites near Tulsk in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is identified as the site of Cruachan, the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Connachta, the prehistoric and early historic rulers of the western territory. The Rathcroghan Complex is a unique archaeological landscape with many references found in early Irish medieval manuscripts.
Located on the plains of Connacht, Rathcroghan is one of the six Royal Sites of Ireland. This landscape which extends over six square kilometres, consists of over 240 archaeological sites, sixty of which are protected national monuments. These monuments range from the Neolithic (4000 – 2500 BC), through the Bronze (2500 – 500 BC) and Iron Age (500 BC – 400 AD), to the early medieval period and beyond.
Rathcroghan is recorded as the location of one of the great fairs of Ireland, as well as being one of the island's three great heathen cemeteries. It is also the location for the beginning and end of a national epic tale – an Táin Bó Cúailnge, and the royal seat of Medb (Maeve), Connacht's Warrior Queen.
Rathcroghan is said to provide entrance to the Otherworld, described in the medieval period as "Ireland's Gate to Hell", via Oweynagat (the Cave of the Cats). The cave has associations with the pagan festival of Samhain, Halloween, as well as being described as the "fit abode" of Morrigan, a Celtic Goddess of pre-Christian Ireland.
Cruachan was slowly abandoned in the medieval period and by 1600 was being used as grazing and farmland by the local populace.
THEME: European
CLIMATE: -13 - 24 C (to be fixed later)
LATITUDE: Northern Hemisphere
BUILDABLE AREA: 92%
OUTSIDE CONNECTIONS: Road. Rail. Air. Power
NATURAL RESOURCES: Wheat 103km2 , Forest 383kt, Ore 98.5kt, Oil 66.7kt
TERRAIN: Some flat areas with many small hills and slopes
And Lo! There was a map video all about it too...
Download the map here to build your city... https://mods.paradoxplaza.com/mods/85243/Any
Cheers,
AncientSwan