Carns Cairn

Carns Cairn is a cairn and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Markievicz Park and Tobernalt.

Markievicz Park

Stadium

Markievicz Park is the principal GAA stadium in County Sligo, Ireland, home to the Sligo Gaelic football and hurling teams. Built in 1955 in Sligo town, it is named after Constance Markievicz, one of the participants of the 1916 Easter Rising, the first woman elected to Dáil Éireann and the first female elected to the British parliament, although she refused to take up her seat there. Markievicz Park is situated 1 km west of Carns Cairn.

Tobernalt

Spring

Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tobernalt is a holy well in north County Sligo, Ireland near the southwest corner of Lough Gill. It is an ancient natural spring dating back to the 5th century as a pagan meeting place and later a Penal Law mass site. Tobernalt is situated 1¼ km south of Carns Cairn.

Sligo Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: Djedi Guy, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sligo Cemetery is situated 1 km northwest of Carns Cairn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sligo and Ballincar.

Sligo

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Sligo is the principal town in County Sligo in Northwest Ireland & Lakelands. In 2022 it had a population of 21,000, with the service sector the main employer.

Ballincar

Hamlet

Ballincar is a small village and townland in County Sligo, Ireland. The townland is in the civil parish of Drumcliff, and has an area of approximately 1.6 square kilometres. Ballincar is situated 6 km northwest of Carns Cairn.

Knocknahur

Locality

Photo: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Knocknahur, also known as Ransboro, is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes examples of ringforts, souterrains and enclosures in the neighbouring townlands of Knocknahur North and Knocknahur South. Knocknahur is situated 6 km west of Carns Cairn.

Carns Cairn

Type: Archaeological site
Description: larger of two cairns covering a passage tomb in Carns (Duke) in County Sligo, Ireland
Categories: cairn, passage grave, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: County Sligo, Connacht, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.25552° or 54° 15′ 20″ north

Longitude

-8.45022° or 8° 27′ 1″ west

Open location code

9C6H7G4X+6W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 805288300

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=cairn

Wikidata ID

Q28232461

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Carns (Duke) Cairn and Cleveragh Regional Park.

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