Carrowmore
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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 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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Sligo
- Image
- Ireland 139 bg 061702.jpg
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- historic county
- County Sligo
- heritage designation
- national monument of Ireland
- Commons category
- Carrowmore
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Article · Italiano
Carrowmore (An Cheathrú Mór, che significa "Grande Quarto, in gaelico irlandese) è un sito di rituali funebri preistorici situato sulla collina e penisola di Knocknarea a poca distanza dalla cittadina di Sligo, in Irlanda. Circa 30 tombe megalitiche possono essere visitate e osservate oggi, ma sono state rinvenute tracce di ulteriori tombe scomparse o del tutto in rovina. Le tombe (nella loro forma originaria) erano quasi totalmente 'circoli di dolmen'; piccoli dolmen con i loro contorni in pietra di circa 12 o 15 metri. Le tombe sono disposte in un recinto rozzo circolare che circondano il monumento principale, un cairn chiamato Listoghil. I dolmen chiamati 'entrate' - due pietre verticali con una orizzontale disposta sopra - solitamente anticipano l'area di una tomba centrale.
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