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Carrowmore — Hills near Carrowmore with a megalithic tomb on each, County Sligo

Megalithic complexFringe site

Carrowmore

Ireland

Datedc. 4000–3000 BCE

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The megalithic complex known as Carrowmore lies in County Mayo, Ireland. In open records it appears as Wikidata item Q59729978, mapped at 54.0735° N, 9.2076° W. Carrowmore is a large megalithic monument cluster on the Coolera Peninsula west of Sligo, Ireland. Its tombs were built in the 4th millennium BC during the Neolithic. Thirty tombs survive, while 25 have been destroyed since 1800. The complex includes a cist, passage tomb, dolmens and a pillar stone, with some burials associated with cremation and the re-use of chambers during later periods. Excavations also found antler and bone pins, beads, pendants, and quartz fragments. Genetic analysis indicated a kin relationship between a man buried at Listoghil and individuals buried at three other sites.

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Range across all claimsc. 4000–3000 BCE

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4000–3000 BCEHow this date was established: Stated by the sourceEstimated

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About Carrowmore

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Ireland has an unusually rich megalithic heritage, and the Atlas lists several kinds under one heading. In 1961 two Irish scholars, Seán Ó Nualláin and Rúaidhrí de Valera, described four categories of megalithic tomb: court cairns, portal dolmens, wedge-shaped gallery graves and passage tombs. Each has a different date, shape and geography. The full article, “Megalithic tombs of Ireland”, follows below under About this kind of monument.

Dating

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Dated 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE (a published source statement). This range belongs to this site itself, not to its type in general. The record notes: 4th millennium BCE (Source: the Wikipedia article “Carrowmore”.)

Published age claims for this site include 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE (published source); 4000 BCE to 3001 BCE (atlas research notes). The mainstream range is 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE.