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Ballymacgibbon Cairn

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Ballymacgibbon Cairn
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Ten metres of steep limestone rise above the Mayo hills, a Neolithic chamber left sealed beneath tons of rock. William Wilde claimed Eochaid mac Eirc built it to celebrate the Battle of Moytura, but no dug jar or bone has ever tested that proud story. The flat top and hidden passage wait like a closed fist, keeping its dead and its date inside the mountain.
Ballymacgibbon Cairn is recorded as a archaeological place in County Mayo. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.

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Photo: Hugh Thomson · Public domain