What is recorded here
Cist Burial, Stone Circles is a passage tomb in Carrowmore (carbury By.), County Sligo, Ireland. It is a National Monument in State care (No. 153). Seán Ó Nualláin documented it in Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland.
See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989).
This is a National Monument in State care (No. 153).
Attached images:
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SL014-209021-_04.JPG central chamber viewed from N
Date of upload: 10 January 2012
Neolithic cist burial within a stone circle, dating to approximately 3500–2500 BCE. Part of the significant Carrowmore megalithic complex, one of the earliest and most important passage tomb sites in Ireland.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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