Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic structure
Carrowmore (Carbury By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowmore (Carbury By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Dolmen (dismantled)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Dolmen (Dismantled)
- Coordinates
- 54.24844, -8.51387
- SMR number
- SL014-209033-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
At Carrowmore passage tomb cemetery. This megalithic structure was greatly damaged in the 19th century. Petrie inspected it in August 1837 and recorded it as follows: 'About 20 paces south of No. 19, a circle, small diam. Formerly of 12 stones but 5 of them recently removed.' (OS Letters, 177). Wood-Martin (1888, 51) stated: ‘An excavation was made, but without result.’ The OS 25-Inch Name Book (1940) records 'Only the four supporting stones and a hollow in the ground is now left'.
The remains consist of an oval raised area (dims. c. 5m x 3m) with five gneiss boulders.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 2 November 2020
References
Wood-Martin, W.G. 1888 The rude stone monuments of Ireland (Co. Sligo and the island of Achill). Hodges Figgis, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.