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
- 54.25245, -8.51804
- SMR number
- SL014-209079-
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
Petrie (Stokes 1868, 244) noted that this circle and megalithic structure were destroyed about 1815 by quarrying (Herity 1974, 266, SL 15; Kitchin 1983, 169; Bergh 1995, 183, Carrowmore 6).
Petrie (1837, 175, No. 6) records as follows: 'Its situation is marked by the gravel pit to the north-east of No. 5. The circle and cromleac, destroyed about 1815, in raising gravel.' Wood-Martin (1888,34) quotes Petrie. There is no additional information available on this monument. A gravel pit is shown on the 1st OS 6-inch map (surveyed 1837) and represented the OS Fair Plan. The location of this monument has been plotted as the gravel pit.
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 22 January 2014
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