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This is a National Monument in State care (no. 518). Carn A in the Carrowkeel passage-tomb cemetery. On top of a rock outcrop, on a promontory in the Bricklieve Mountains. A grass-covered oval cairn (diam. c. 12m; H 2.5m). The main concentration of passage tombs at Carrowkeel (SL040-088----; SL040-089----; SL040-090001-; SL040-093----; SL040-094----) lies c. 1.5km to NE. (Macalister, Armstrong and Praeger 1912, 321)
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
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