What is recorded here
Stone Circles is a passage tomb in Carrowmore (carbury By.), County Sligo, Ireland. It is a National Monument in State care (No. 153). Seán Ó Nualláin documented it in Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland.
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:
SL014-209020-_01.JPG viewed from S
SL014-209020-_02.JPG viewed from NW
SL014-209020-_03.JPG viewed from N
SL014-209020-_04.JPG aerial view, from S
Date of upload: 10 January 2012
Neolithic stone circle and passage tomb complex, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. It is one of the earliest and most significant megalithic sites in Ireland, providing insight into early ceremonial and funerary practices.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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