Carrowmore, county Sligo

A cairn-kerb surrounds a now-roofless Boulder-tomb
against the pervading backdrop of Knocknarea and Maeve's Cairn.


Two more views of Knocknarea and Misgán Méadbha.

 

click on a picture to see a typical Carrowmore passage-tomb


Site 9, Carrowmore, with a fine view to Queen Maeve's cairn atop Knocknarea.
Photo through a telephoto lens - from an Office of Public Works postcard, adapted by Martin Byrne.



Abbeyquarter North

G 700 357


Sitting ever so sadly on a roundabout in a Sligo housing-estate known as Garavogue Villas is this boulder-kerb
some 12 metres in diameter. The most recent inhabitants of the area felt compelled
to Christianise it (in 1950) - and the result is grotesque .
Knocknarea is behind.

Click to see more Carrowmore tombs.

click on the picture for a less depressing sight


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