Carrowmore
Sign in to saveCarrowmore (, 'the great quarter') is a large group of megalithic monuments on the Coolera Peninsula to the west of Sligo, Ireland. They were built in the 4th millennium BC, during the Neolithic (New Stone Age). There are 30 surviving tombs with another 25 which have been destroyed since 1800, making Carrowmore one of the largest clusters of megalithic tombs in Ireland, and one of the 'big four' along with Carrowkeel, Loughcrew and Brú na Bóinne. Carrowmore is the heart of an ancient ritual landscape which is dominated by the mountain of Knocknarea to the west. It is a protected National Monum
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery
- Ancient site.native_name
- An Cheathrú Mhór
- Ancient site.image
- 300px
- Ancient site.caption
- Tomb 7, a dolmen within a stone circle; one of the Carrowmore 'satellite tombs'.
- Ancient site.map_type
- Ireland
- Ancient site.relief
- 1
- Ancient site.location
- County Sligo, Ireland
- Ancient site.region
- Atlantic Megalithic Zone
- Ancient site.type
- Passage tomb complex
- Ancient site.material
- Gneiss, limestone
- Ancient site.built
- 3700–2900 BC
- Ancient site.epochs
- Neolithic
- Ancient site.cultures
- Neolithic Europe
- Ancient site.excavations
- 1977–1980, 1994–1998
- Ancient site.condition
- Partially preserved
- Ancient site.ownership
- Public and private
- Ancient site.management
- Admission Fee
- Ancient site.public_access
- Yes
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Article
15 sectionsContents
- Location
- Description
- Satellite tombs
- Listoghil or Tomb 51
- Research history
- Recent excavations
- Excavation results
- Radiocarbon dates
- Ancient DNA
- Discussion
- Dump Crisis
- Visitor centre
- References
- Sources
- External links
Carrowmore (, 'the great quarter') is a large group of megalithic monuments on the Coolera Peninsula to the west of Sligo, Ireland. They were built in the 4th millennium BC, during the Neolithic (New Stone Age). There are 30 surviving tombs with another 25 which have been destroyed since 1800, making Carrowmore one of the largest clusters of megalithic tombs in Ireland, and one of the 'big four' along with Carrowkeel, Loughcrew and Brú na Bóinne. Carrowmore is the heart of an ancient ritual landscape which is dominated by the mountain of Knocknarea to the west. It is a protected National Monument.
==Location== thumb|left|150px|A map of Carrowmore by W. G. Wood-Martin in his article The Rude Stone Monuments of Ireland (1886).