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Abbeyquarter North Passage Grave
Cabragh Wedge Tomb
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Cabragh Wedge Tomb
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Carrickglass Portal Tomb
6 posts
12 sites
Carrowkeel-Keshcorran Complex
33 posts
12 sites
Carrowmore Complex
Carrowmurray Wedge Tomb
Carrowreagh Court Tomb
Cloghcor Portal Tomb
Clogher Stone Fort / Dun
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Clover Hill Passage Grave
9 posts
Creevykeel Court Tomb
Crowagh Portal Tomb
Crowagh Court Tomb
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Formoyle Burial Chamber
Gorteen Portal Tomb
1 post
Heapstown Cairn(s)
Knockadoo Burial Chamber
Knockatober Portal Tomb
17 posts
1 site
Knocknarea Cairn(s)
4 posts
Knocknashee Hillfort
16 posts
2 sites
Magheraghanrush Court Tomb
7 posts
1 site
Moytirra East Court Tomb
Slieve Dargan Passage Grave
Springfield Portal Tomb
3 posts
Strandhill Court Tomb
Strandhill Court Tomb
8 posts
Tawnatruffaun Portal Tomb
1 post
Tobernaveen Holed Stone

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5,000-year-old settlement found in Sligo


Belfast Telegraph > News Publication Date: 17 July 2003

By Anita Guidera
email: newsdesk@belfasttelegraph.co.uk

THE Republic's largest Neolithic settlement dating back 5,000 years has been uncovered on a remote mountain - more than 100 years after the site was first mapped by archaeologists... continues...
Rhiannon Posted by Rhiannon
18th July 2003ce

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Tomb 7 (Passage Grave) — Images (click to view fullsize)

<b>Tomb 7</b>Posted by GLADMAN GLADMAN Posted by GLADMAN
28th February 2010ce

Carrowkeel-Keshcorran Complex — Images

<b>Carrowkeel-Keshcorran Complex</b>Posted by GLADMAN GLADMAN Posted by GLADMAN
28th February 2010ce

Magheraghanrush (Court Tomb) — Images

<b>Magheraghanrush</b>Posted by GLADMAN GLADMAN Posted by GLADMAN
24th February 2010ce

Tobernaveen (Holed Stone) — Links

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A drawing of the holed stone at Tobernaveen, in 'Wakeman's Handbook of Irish Antiquities', by John Cooke (1903).
Rhiannon Posted by Rhiannon
20th November 2009ce

Moytirra East (Standing Stone / Menhir) — Links

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Moytura, or Magh Tuiread, apparently means 'Plain of Pillars', according to this webpage. They were apparently thrown by the Tuatha De Danann when they were waiting for the their battle to start with the Fomorians. One of the stones spotted by Ryaner has its own name - The Eglone Stone, and has at least two associated folklore stories.
Rhiannon Posted by Rhiannon
20th November 2009ce

Carrowkeel-Keshcorran Complex — Images

<b>Carrowkeel-Keshcorran Complex</b>Posted by GLADMAN GLADMAN Posted by GLADMAN
22nd August 2009ce

Magheraghanrush (Court Tomb) — Images

<b>Magheraghanrush</b>Posted by GLADMAN GLADMAN Posted by GLADMAN
3rd August 2009ce

Carrowkeel-Keshcorran Complex — Images

<b>Carrowkeel-Keshcorran Complex</b>Posted by GLADMAN GLADMAN Posted by GLADMAN
24th June 2009ce

Tomb 7 (Passage Grave) — Images

<b>Tomb 7</b>Posted by GLADMAN GLADMAN Posted by GLADMAN
14th June 2009ce

Carrowmore Complex — Images

<b>Carrowmore Complex</b>Posted by GLADMAN GLADMAN Posted by GLADMAN
9th June 2009ce
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