Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery

Carrowmore (Irish: An Cheathrú Mhór) is a large group of megalithic monuments on the Cúil Irra Peninsula near Sligo, Ireland. Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery contains some thirty visible tombs out of sixty identified by archaeologists. This makes it the largest megalithic tomb cemetery in Ireland. There is some controversy about the age of the site but it is thought to date back to five and half and six and a half thousand years. There is a restored cottage on the site which has an exhibition and information about the cemetery and is open from late April to mid-October. The site is about four kilometres south from Sligo off the N4 and R292 road that goes towards Strandhill.

Link: The Fr. O'Flanagan Heritage Centre -The Carrowmore Circles.

Image: Image: Courtesy Wikipedia. One of the Carrowmore tombs in Ireland. Photographer Jon Sullivan.