Listoghil
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Listoghil () is the large central monument in the Carrowmore group of prehistoric tombs in County Sligo, Ireland. The Carrowmore group consists of about 35 monuments surrounding Listoghil. It was numbered as Carrowmore 51 by George Petrie in 1837 and this designation is still used. Although the district of Cúil Iorra is steeped in legend, Listoghil has never been satisfactorily connected with the ancient legends in the way that say Newgrange has. It is the only cairn in Carrowmore. Antiquarians in the 19th century made references to another cairn nearby at Leacharail, but the site of this has
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Listoghil () is the large central monument in the Carrowmore group of prehistoric tombs in County Sligo, Ireland. The Carrowmore group consists of about 35 monuments surrounding Listoghil. It was numbered as Carrowmore 51 by George Petrie in 1837 and this designation is still used. Although the district of Cúil Iorra is steeped in legend, Listoghil has never been satisfactorily connected with the ancient legends in the way that say Newgrange has. It is the only cairn in Carrowmore. Antiquarians in the 19th century made references to another cairn nearby at Leacharail, but the site of this has never been located.
==Etymology== According to Petrie (Letter to Larcom, Aug. 1837), the name may mean 'Ryefort' (it appears as Lios a' tSeagail, seagail meaning rye in Irish, in early maps). However lios in Irish refers generally to a court or enclosed area, so it may be that the name originally referred to the area enclosed by the dolmens, on which Listoghil stands, rather than the cairn itself.
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