Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery
📍 County Sligo, Ireland
About
Carrowmore is a large group of megalithic monuments on the Coolera Peninsula to the west of Sligo, Ireland. They were built in the 4th millennium BC, during the Neolithic. There are 30 surviving tombs with another 25 which have been destroyed since 1800, making Carrowmore one of the largest clusters of megalithic tombs in Ireland, and one of the 'big four' along with Carrowkeel, Loughcrew and Brú na Bóinne. Carrowmore is the heart of an ancient ritual landscape which is dominated by the mountain of Knocknarea to the west. It is a protected National Monument.
Carrowmore near Sligo town contains over 30 passage tombs dating to around 3500 BC, making it one of Europe's oldest and largest megalithic cemeteries. The tombs predate Newgrange by several centuries. The site is dominated by views of Knocknarea mountain, crowned by Queen Maeve's cairn. W.B. Yeats drew deep inspiration from this ancient landscape.
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