What is recorded here

Megalithic structure in Carrowmore (carbury By.) is a megalithic structure in Carrowmore (carbury By.), County Sligo, Ireland. Petrie recorded that quarrying destroyed the circle and cromleac around 1815, leaving a gravel pit north-east of another monument to mark the site. The first Ordnance Survey map surveyed in 1837 still showed the pit, preserving the loss rather than the buried stones.

Petrie (Stokes 1868, 244) noted that this circle and megalithic structure were destroyed about 1815 by quarrying (Herity 1974, 266, SL 15; Kitchin 1983, 169; Bergh 1995, 183, Carrowmore 6). Petrie (1837, 175, No. 6) records as follows: 'Its situation is marked by the gravel pit to the north-east of No. 5. The circle and cromleac, destroyed about 1815, in raising gravel.' Wood-Martin (1888,34) quotes Petrie. There is no additional information available on this monument. A gravel pit is shown on the 1st OS 6-inch map (surveyed 1837) and represented the OS Fair Plan. The location of this monument has been plotted as the gravel pit. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 22 January 2014

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