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'Carrowmore Tomb 5' : Passage Tomb

TownlandCarrowmore
CountySligo
Grid RefG 662 338
Longitude8° 31' 7.04" W
Latitude54° 15' 6.62" N
Nearest TownSligo (3.8 Km)
OS Sheet25
UTM zone29U
UTM x531363.21644977
UTM y6011648.9422636

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Carrowmore - Passage Tomb Cemetery
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 29th December 2002

Tomb 5 is a little 'dolmenesque' structure on a low mound. Just one kerb stone remains to the north. The chamber is just 1.4m high to the top of the roofstone.

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Sunday, 4th May 2003

Tomb 5 is still one of the cutest of all of them. It has never been excavated.

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Random Gazetteer

A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments

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8.3 Km (N) there is a Round Tower at Drumcliff.
4.2 Km (ENE) there is a Passage Tomb at Sligo known as Abbeyquarter North.
3.7 Km (WNW) there is a Passage Tomb at Knocknarea.
1.2 Km (NNE) there is a Standing Stone at Tobernaveen.
948.7 m (ESE) there is a Passage Tomb at Clover Hill.

A Selection of Other Passage Tombs

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