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Megalithic structure in Carrowmore (carbury By.)

Megalithic structure
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This record was listed in the SMR (1989) as unlocated and classified as ‘Megalithic structure – possible’. The source of this record is unknown though it may refer to one of the six or more circles recorded by Petrie (1837, 249). He noted that ‘within the memory of the present inhabitants of the Townland the chain of circles was carried on without interruption through the great field immediately to the north [of Carrowmore 47; SL014-209055-]. They were destroyed by Mr Walshe, who got a lease of the land from Lord Erne, in 1793, to clear the ground. The peasants who were employed in their destruction remember six of more of them distinctly, and the stone of which they were composed still remain, partly in pits within the field, and partly in the surrounding walls; in all these circles bones were found beneath the cromleacs.’ (ibid; Bergh 1995, 197 under ‘Sites between Carrowmore 47 and Carrowmore 48’) Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 10 February 2014

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