Knocknarea

Passage Tomb
County Sligo
Grid Ref G 626 347
OS Sheets 16, 25
Longitude 8° 34' 26.29" W
Latitude 54° 15' 34.83" N
Nearest Town Strandhill (1.6Km)
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Some Nearby Mountains:
Knocknarea 0.1Km (S)
Doomore 7.5Km (SSW)
Carns 7.7Km (E)
Slieve Daeane 9.8Km (ESE)
Benbulbin 13.3Km (NNE)

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Sunday, 31st August 2003 CE

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Dotted around Maeve's Cairn on the top of Knocknarea are the skeltons of several tombs. One of these, to the north, is still in the remnants of its cairn. A couple of stones from the chamber are in situ and one huge stones lies to one side.

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Sunday, 31st August 2003 CE

Knocknarea - Passage Tomb - County Sligo: Pile_ Knocknarea - Passage Tomb - County Sligo: Chamber_ Knocknarea - Passage Tomb - County Sligo: Looking Down_

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