June
15
/ 2019
In Ireland, archaeologists have found a remarkable monument in the heart of the extensive Stone Age complex of Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery in Sligo. They were expecting to find a burial site or graves but instead found a most unusual monument that no one in Ireland has ever seen before. This mysterious monument is baffling researchers and it is hoped that it may ultimately yield insights into the prehistoric past. The find was made in Carrowmore, County Sligo in the north-west of Ireland. With up to 60 megalithic monuments recorded by archaeologists, Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery is the largest cemetery of megalithic tombs in Ireland and regarded to be amongst the oldest in Europe. The results of radiocarbon dating from the 1970s
