For now I am making one site of Carrowmore. With around 60 tombs in the complex this is not really a good approach, but I am not sure of the tomb numbers at the moment and so I can't split it up properly. I will do so as soon as I can.

Now. What an outstanding place this is. I was truly dumbstruck as I drove into the area from the south-east and was immediately confronted by 4 passage tombs and kerbs!

The passage tombs here are supposed to be the roots of all passage tombs and stone circles throughout Ireland and Europe. The tombs themselves appear to be passageless (with a few exceptions) and more resemble small portal tombs.

You really have to come here to fully appreciate the madness of the area, with 60 tombs scattered over an area just 1km by .5km.

The weather cleared in the mid to late afternoon and so we decided to head back to Carrowmore. We had planned to just go to tombs 1-7 and 13, but when we arrived the Visitor's Centre was open. I hadn't expected it to be - I seem to have thought that it didn't open until June.

The two euro entry fee is worth it. There is a self-guided tour available - fortunatley this is not an audio thing like you get at places like Stonehenge, for instance, but a simple piece of laminated card with some info on it. There is also a good little booklet available for 5 euro, which is written by the chief excavator of the complex.

As part of our Sligo daytrip we decided to go to Carrowmore. I never mind being here and my wife had never been before.

I really don't know what they're doing to Listoghil right now. It is fenced off and bulldozers and JCBs are tearing the cairn to pieces. I spoke to several people at the site that weren't all that impressed with what's going on either. It certainly ain't pretty!