Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Carrowreagh (corran By., Toomour Ed), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowreagh (corran By., Toomour Ed)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.03773, -8.41918
- SMR number
- SL040-191----
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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
In undulating pasture. According to local information, upright skeletons were found in a sand-pit and the local legend was that a great battle was fought there at which more kings were killed than at any other battle in Ireland. There are no visible remains of these burials.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.