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<< Our Photo Pages >> Carrowmore 5. - Passage Grave in Ireland (Republic of) in Co. Sligo

Submitted by jeffrep on Thursday, 13 August 2009  Page Views: 4068

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Carrowmore 5.
Country: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Sligo Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Sligo
Map Ref: G662338
Latitude: 54.251969N  Longitude: 8.5193W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Carrowmore 5.
Carrowmore 5. submitted by DrewParsons : A large capston supported by 5 orthostats. The original kerb stones around its perimiter now reduced to just one. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Passage Grave in Co. Sligo

Tomb 5 it has a capstone supported by five supporting stones.

The Carrowmore Passage Tomb Cemetery is located two miles southwest of Sligo Town in County Sligo. Carrowmore is the site of a prehistoric ritual landscape dated to between 4300 and 3500 BCE. on the Knocknarea Peninsula in County Sligo. It is the largest and one of the four major passage tomb cemeteries in Ireland and is spread out over 1.5 square mile area.

The tombs are known by numbers assigned them by George Petrie in an 1837 report for the Ordnance Survey. To see location of this and other numbered tombs, see the Carrowmore Cemetery map uploaded to the generic Megalithic Portal Carrowmore page at http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=40. Or visit the following webpage for a clickable map of all the existing tombs: http://www.carrowkeel.com/sites/carrowmore/carrowmore2.html

The following indivdual Carrowmore tomb pages on the Megalithic Portal have photos (as of August 12, 2009): 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 48, 51, 52, 52A, 54, 55, and 57.
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Carrowmore 5.
Carrowmore 5. submitted by KaiHofmann : Carrowmore 5 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Carrowmore 5.
Carrowmore 5. submitted by KaiHofmann (Vote or comment on this photo)

Carrowmore 5.
Carrowmore 5. submitted by Bladup : Carrowmore 5. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Carrowmore 5.
Carrowmore 5. submitted by Bladup (Vote or comment on this photo)

Carrowmore 5.
Carrowmore 5. submitted by Bladup (Vote or comment on this photo)

Carrowmore 5.
Carrowmore 5. submitted by TimPrevett : Approaching Tomb 5.

Carrowmore 5.
Carrowmore 5. submitted by TimPrevett : Tomb 5, I think.

Carrowmore 5.
Carrowmore 5. submitted by Anthony_Weir : Scan of colour slide from the 1970/80s

Carrowmore 5.
Carrowmore 5. submitted by DrewParsons : Photographed in October 2008

Carrowmore 5.
Carrowmore 5. submitted by DrewParsons : A large capston supported by 5 orthostats. The original kerb stones around its perimiter now reduced to just one.

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 95m S 170° Carrowmore* Passage Grave (G6621633706)
 96m SSW 199° Carrowmore 1.* Passage Grave
 100m S 179° Carrowmore 4.* Passage Grave (G662337)
 141m NE 45° Carrowmore 7* Passage Grave (G663339)
 141m SW 225° Carrowmore 2.* Passage Grave (G661337)
 179m SE 127° Carrowmore 59* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 200m S 180° Carrowmore 55* Passage Grave (G662336)
 200m S 180° Carrowmore 54* Passage Grave (G662336)
 200m S 180° Carrowmore 52* Passage Grave (G662336)
 207m E 88° Carrowmore 13* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 300m S 180° Carrowmore 57* Stone Circle (G662335)
 300m S 180° Carrowmore 57 Passage Grave (G662335)
 316m SSE 161° Carrowmore 9* Stone Circle (G663335)
 316m SSE 161° Carrowmore 26* Stone Circle (G663335)
 316m SSE 161° Carrowmore 11* Stone Circle (G663335)
 316m SSW 198° Carrowmore 53* Chambered Tomb (G661335)
 352m S 173° Carrowmore 51 (Listoghil)* Passage Grave (G66243345)
 384m SE 126° Carrowmore 18* Passage Grave
 509m S 191° Carrowmore 48* Passage Grave (G661333)
 538m SSW 201° Carrowmore 52a* Passage Grave (G660333)
 625m SSE 149° Carrowmore 27* Passage Grave
 3.7km WNW 282° Knocknarea* Passage Grave (G6260434583)
 3.7km WNW 284° Knocknarea-North* Passage Grave (G62613470)
 4.3km ENE 63° Abbeyquarter* Chambered Tomb (G7002835741)
 5.7km SW 227° Tanrego Bay Stone Circle (G6230)
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Re: Carrowmore 5. by ModernExplorers on Thursday, 19 December 2019
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We filmed here on our megalithic tour of Ireland in 2019 if you would like to see some footage of the site

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