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Carrowmore

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Carrowmore

Extensive Neolithic cemetery in County Sligo, Republic of Ireland, 5 km/3 mi southwest of Sligo; the largest group of megalithic monuments in the British Isles and the second largest in Europe after Carnac in Brittany, France. The site has suffered severe depredation and damage, particularly due to gravel quarrying, but over 60 partially complete circles, standing stones, passage-graves, and portal tombs survive. An 1839 survey listed a further 23 tombs, now vanished, and the original necropolis may have numbered more than a hundred. Excavated burial chambers contain cremated remains dating from 3000 BC.



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There would then be none of the risks associated with high pressure raw gas and pipeline corrosion, or pollution of the local water supply, Carrowmore Lake, with contaminants such as aluminium - high levels of which have recently been recorded entering the lake from initial works at the Bellanaboy site.
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Campaigner John Monaghan said: "Aluminium from the Bellanaboy refinery site is running into Carrowmore Lake which is the main water supply for 10,000 people.
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Steeped in history from Europe''s oldest Stone Age cemeteries at Carrowmore to Queen Maeve''s grave at the top of Knocknarea mountain, Sligo town is now a lively cosmopolitan town with continental style bistros along the Garavogue River which flows through the town.
Sligo Tourist Information & Travel Guide by Paul Serellis / Travel, recreation and leisure community
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