Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic structure
Carrowmore (carbury By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowmore (carbury By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.24686, -8.51417
- SMR number
- SL014-209050-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
At Carrowmore passage tomb cemetery. The above ground remains of this monument (National Monument No. 153) were removed in the 19th century. It consisted of a boulder circle with a central construction. When inspected in 1837 by Petrie (Notebook, no. 25, p. 68. Royal Irish Academy Ms. 23, L44) it had been recently damaged, and surviving remains included the supporting stones, but not the capstone, of the central structure as well as three stones of the enclosing circle. By 1888 there was no visible trace (Wood-Martin 1888, 60). A slight rise in ground level is evident now at the location (Bergh 1995, 192, Carrowmore 28).
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.
Bergh, S. 1995 Landscape of the monuments. Stockholm. Bureau for Archaeological Excavation.
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