What is recorded here

Passage tomb in Carrowkeel (tirerrill By., Templevanny Ed) is a passage tomb in Carrowkeel (tirerrill By., Templevanny Ed), County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a little terrace on the north slope of Barrnabinnia, one of the bog-grown north-south aligned ridges forming the Bricklieve Mountains. The circular cairn measures 11.5m in diameter and rises 0.7m at the south and 1.5m at the north, with parts buried under 0.3m of peat. Two prostrate slabs lie near the centre, possibly forming part of a chamber.

In the Carrowkeel-Kesh Corann passage tomb cemetery. On a little terrace on the N slope of Barrnabinnia, one of the bog-grown N-S aligned ridges forming the Bricklieve Mountains, and c. 40m NW of and downslope from the passage tomb (SL040-089----). This is a circular cairn (diam. 11.5m; H 0.7m at S and c. 1.5m at the N or downslope side) parts of which are under a growth of peat c. 0.3m thick. At the approximate centre of the cairn there are two prostrate slabs, one (1.7m x 0.9m; T 0.3m) overlying the other (0.95m x 0.5m; T 0.25m). There is a possibility that these stones may have formed part of a chamber. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

Passage tomb, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 3200–2500 BCE). It is part of a significant cemetery known for its well-preserved megalithic structures and is associated with early ceremonial and burial practices in the northwest of Ireland.

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