Carrowkeel - Cairn G

Carrowkeel - Cairn G

Location: Carrowkeel, Co. Sligo

Classification: Passage Tomb

SMR Code: SL040-089----

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Cairn G is situated on the North slope of Barrnabinnia, one of the ridges that form the Bricklieve Mountains and is the first tomb along the trail from the car park. A circular cairn (diameter 18-20m, height 3m) covers a well-preserved cruciform passage tomb opening to the Northwest. A roof box sits above the entrance that allows light to reach the far end of the central chamber at sunset during the summer solstice. The interior of the tomb has a cruciform arrangement, with a short passage (2m) leading to the central chamber (1.7m x 1.9m). Opening off the central chamber are 2 side chambers and an end chamber. The tomb is constructed of tall, generally pillar-like uprights, supporting a series of lintels and oversailing corbels capped by a large flat slab above the main chamber.

Description

Cairn G is situated on the North slope of Barrnabinnia, one of the ridges that form the Bricklieve Mountains and is the first tomb along the trail from the car park. A circular cairn (diameter 18-20m, height 3m) covers a well-preserved cruciform passage tomb opening to the Northwest. A roof box sits above the entrance that allows light to reach the far end of the central chamber at sunset during the summer solstice. The interior of the tomb has a cruciform arrangement, with a short passage (2m) leading to the central chamber (1.7m x 1.9m). Opening off the central chamber are 2 side chambers and an end chamber. The tomb is constructed of tall, generally pillar-like uprights, supporting a series of lintels and oversailing corbels capped by a large flat slab above the main chamber.

History

During the excavations in 1911, typical objects of the neolithic era were found, like cremated human bones, stone beads and fragments of pottery.

This monument is part of a Complex

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Carrowkeel

Location: Carrowkeel, Co. Sligo

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Carrowkeel

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Accessibility Rating: Moderate

Access via the Carrowkeel Passage Tomb complex: It is a roughly 1km walk along a mountain trackway to get to the monuments and very uneven ground when you get there.

Accessibility

Accessibility Class: Moderate

Access via the Carrowkeel Passage Tomb complex: It is a roughly 1km walk along a mountain trackway to get to the monuments and very uneven ground when you get there.

Facilities

Limited Parking

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Sunrise: 08:35

Sunset: 16:13

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Sunrise: 08:35

Sunset: 16:13

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