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
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.24338, -8.51627
- SMR number
- SL014-209070-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
This monument is indicated on the OS 1838 OS 6-inch map as a circle of stones; it is not shown on later map editions. Petrie (1837, 179, No. 41) recorded it as follows: 'In the small field to the east of that in which No 37 [SL014-209067-] is placed. Only a few stones of the circle remain. Destroyed about 20 years ago by Mr Walsh's tenants. Human bones found in the tomb.'
There are no remains visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 30 September 2019
References
Stokes, W. 1868 The life and labours in art and archaeology of George Petrie, LL.D., M.R.I.A. London. Longmans, Green and Co.
Petrie, G. 1837 Account of the Carromore cemetery. Letter by George Petrie, dated 12 August 1837, to Capt. Larcom, Ordnance Survey Office, Dublin. OS Letters Co. Sligo, 433-65.
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