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Listoghil is a passage tomb in Carrowmore (carbury By.), County Sligo, Ireland. It is the large central monument in the Carrowmore group, which consists of about 35 surrounding monuments. George Petrie numbered it Carrowmore 51 in 1837, a designation still used today. The monument measures about 34 meters in diameter, making it larger than the satellite tombs that average 15 meters.

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: SL014-209022-_01.JPG viewed from S SL014-209022-_02.JPG viewed from S SL014-209022-_03.JPG central chamber viewed from S SL014-209022-_04.JPG viewed from NW Date of upload: 10 January 2012

Listoghil is a Neolithic passage tomb, dating to approximately 3500–3000 BCE. It is part of the larger Carrowmore megalithic complex and is significant as one of the earliest and most important Neolithic ritual sites in Ireland.

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