Carrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery, Ireland - A Look Inside a 5,000-Year-Old Tomb
Carrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery, located in the south of County Sligo, is one of the four largest passage tomb complexes in Ireland. Dating back around 5,000-6,000 years, the cairns remain as an impressive legacy of the rich Neolithic culture that was active in the region at the time. Here, we take a look inside one of the best preserved and most significant of the cairns – Cairn G.
Carrowkeel passage graves, County Sligo, Ireland
Watch our video of the walk up to the Carrowkeel megalithic tombs, in County Sligo, Ireland.
Carrowkeel passage graves, County Sligo, Ireland
Into the underground: Carrowkeel passage tombs in Ireland
Into the dark underworld with Alice, Donna and Heidi at the 5,000+ year-old Carrowkeel megalithic tomb complex on top of a hill south of Sligo, Ireland. There are dozens of tombs of all sizes here, but three larger cairns, known as G, H and K, are open and large enough to enter. (Cairn H has partially collapsed, so we passed on that one).
Cairn G features a slab of rock blocking the entrance with a vertical slit carved In it, which aligns with the rising sun every Oct. 31, sending a shaft of sunlight into the depths of the tomb.
Carrowkeel Neolithic passage tomb cemetery
Carrowkeel is a Neolithic passage tomb cemetery in the south of County Sligo, near Boyle, County Roscommon. An Cheathrú Chaol in Irish means 'the Narrow Quarter'. Circumstantial Carbon 14 dating places the tombs at between 5400 and 5100 years old (3400 to 3100 BC), so that they predate the Pyramids on Egypt's Giza plateau by 500–800 years. Carrowkeel is one of the big four passage tomb cemeteries in Ireland (the other three are Brú na Bóinne, Loughcrew, and Carrowmore). Carrowkeel is set on high ground above Lough Arrow, and the tombs seem to be oriented towards the area of Cuil Irra, Knocknarea and Carrowmore. There are fourteen passage tombs in Carrowkeel. Some can be entered by crawling through a narrow passage. Twelve more passage tombs are located close by, most of which form part of the Keshcorran complex.[1] A particular type of crude pottery found in passage tombs has been titled Carrowkeel Ware, having first been recorded in the Carrowkeel Monuments.
Close to Lough Arrow and just north of Carrowkeel is another, apparently related, giant passage tomb, Heapstown Cairn. This is part of the legendary Moytura, site of battles between the Tuatha Dé Danann, the ancient gods of Ireland, and the demonic Fomorians.
The mountain range containing Carrowkeel is called the Bricklieve Mountains, meaning the speckled mountains in Irish, a possible reference to their appearance when more quartz rock survived on the outside of the cairns, causing them to sparkle in the sun. The tombs were opened by R.A.S. Macalister in 1911, accompanied by Robert Lloyd Praeger and Edmund Clarence Richard Armstrong. Although Macalister was acquainted with contemporary archaeological methods, he acted hastily at Carrowkeel and his removal and disturbance of the chamber floors have hampered investigators who followed him. In 'The Way That I Went', 1937, Praeger gives an eerie account of the first entry into one of the Carrowkeel monuments.
I lit three candles and stood awhile, to let my eyes accustom themselves to the dim light. There was everything, just as the last Bronze Age man (sic) had left it, three to four thousand years before. A light brownish dust covered all... There beads of stone, bone implements made from Red Deer antlers, and many fragments of much decayed pottery. On little raised recesses in the wall were flat stones, on which reposed the calcinated bones of young children.
A 2004 excavation by Professor Stefan Bergh, NUIG, of hut sites on the slopes of Mullaghafarna - close to cairn O and P, Carrowkeel - promises to shed light on the builders of these monuments. Visitors to the site are asked not to climb on the cairns, or damage the monuments in any way, and not to take anything in or out of these ancient tombs. Some parts of the site contain deep crevices, holes and cliff faces.
Up Close ~ The Carrowkeel Megalithic Passage Tomb Cemetery
From Wikipedia: Carrowkeel is a passage tomb cemetery (c. 3400 BC - 3100 BC) located in south County Sligo, near Boyle, County Roscommon. Carrowkeel is considered one of the big four passage tomb cemeteries in Ireland, along with Brú na Bóinne, Loughcrew, and Carrowmore. Carrowkeel is set on high ground above Lough Arrow in the Bricklieve Mountains, and the tombs seem to be oriented towards the area of Cuil Irra, Knocknarea and Carrowmore. There are fourteen passage tombs in Carrowkeel, and some can be entered by crawling through a narrow passage. Twelve more passage tombs are located close by, most of which form part of the Keshcorran complex. Close to Lough Arrow and just north of Carrowkeel is another, apparently related, giant passage tomb, Heapstown Cairn. This is part of the legendary Moytura, a site of battles between the Tuatha Dé Danann, the ancient gods of Ireland, and the demonic Fomorians.
Visiting Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery, County Sligo, Ireland
Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery - Ireland
A short video of the mysterious Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery located near Sligo Ireland. There are more than 20 ancient tombs, including stone rings and portal tombs. A truely mystical area of Ireland that is over 5,000 years old!
Carrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery Hike & Cave
Carrowkeel is a neolithic hilltop passage tomb complex consisting of 14 passage cairns. The passage cairns are spread across a number of hills that form part of the Bricklieve Mountain range
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Inside Carrowkeel Passage Grave - Cairn G, Sligo I
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The 7,000 Year Old Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery in Ancient Ireland
Subscribe to our channel at The 7,000 Year Old Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery in Ancient Ireland. In this video Megalithomaniac Hugh Newman explores Carrowmore in County Sligo, Ireland with Glenn Broughton, Mike Croghan and local tour guide Jean Ryan. The incredibly ancient complex sits at the base of Knocknarea and has some of the oldest megaliths in the British Isles including stone boulder circles, tombs, cairns and dolmens, as well as hidden earth energies and prehistoric mythology that are all explored in this film.
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The Mysterious Engravings of Ireland’s 5,000 Year Old Megalithic Tomb
The Mysterious Engravings of Ireland’s 5,000 Year Old Megalithic Tomb
For thousands of years they have stood, high on the windswept hills, with views of a gentle green landscape rolling away on all sides. Before the first pyramids were even built in Egypt, this wild and rugged land was home to Neolithic people who carved strange patterns into the stones. And yet it is the mystery that enshrouds this tomb site in Loughcrew, in Ireland’s County Meath, that is the real secret to its appeal.
There are more than 30 cairns (or stone monuments) and mounds scattered around the two hills of Carnbane West and Carnbane East at Loughcrew – known locally as “Slieve na Calliagh”, or Hill of the Witch. Legends say the cairns were created by a giant hag who strode the hills holding stones in her apron, with the stones she dropped becoming the rock monuments of today.
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Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery - 5/30/2017
We were lucky enough to step back through time at our visit to Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery in County Sligo, Ireland.
Carrowmore is one of the four major passage tomb complexes in Ireland (and is within view of one of the others in Queen Maeve's Grave, piled high on nearby Knocknarea). This location was chosen due to being the geographical center of the the Cúil Irra peninsula in County Sligo.
Many of the original stones are still in place, including a massive monument in the middle of the area, to which all of the other tombs are pointed in respect.
Taken with GoPro Hero 3+ in 1080p.
Carrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery, Ireland
Carrowkeel is a Neolithic passage tomb cemetery in the south of County Sligo, near Boyle, County Roscommon. Tombs are dated for a period between 3400 and 3100 BC. So that they predate the Pyramids on Egypt's Giza plateau by 500–800 years. Carrowkeel is one of the big four passage tomb cemeteries in Ireland (the other three are Brú na Bóinne, Loughcrew, and Carrowmore). - (by Wikipedia)
Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery - 5/30/2017
We were lucky enough to step back through time at our visit to Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery in County Sligo, Ireland.
Carrowmore is one of the four major passage tomb complexes in Ireland (and is within view of one of the others in Queen Maeve's Grave, piled high on nearby Knocknarea). This location was chosen due to being the geographical center of the the Cúil Irra peninsula in County Sligo.
Many of the original stones are still in place, including a massive monument in the middle of the area, to which all of the other tombs are pointed in respect.
Taken with GoPro Hero 3+ in 1080p.
Exiting Carrowkeel Passage Grave Cairn K, Sligo
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Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery - 5/30/2017
We were lucky enough to step back through time at our visit to Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery in County Sligo, Ireland.
Carrowmore is one of the four major passage tomb complexes in Ireland (and is within view of one of the others in Queen Maeve's Grave, piled high on nearby Knocknarea). This location was chosen due to being the geographical center of the the Cúil Irra peninsula in County Sligo.
Many of the original stones are still in place, including a massive monument in the middle of the area, to which all of the other tombs are pointed in respect.
Taken with GoPro Hero 3+ in 1080p.
Megalithic Carrowmore cemetery in Sligo
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