Carns Cairn
Carns Cairn is a cairn and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tobernalt and Hazelwood House.
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.
Hazelwood House
Building
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Hazelwood House is an 18th-century Palladian style country house located in the parish of Calry in the north of County Sligo in the west of Ireland. The house, which is located in a 70-acre demesne approximately 2 miles south-east of Sligo town, is a protected structure. Hazelwood House is situated 1 km east of Carns Cairn.
St Anne’s Parish Church
Church
Photo: Djedi Guy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Anne’s Parish Church is situated 2 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
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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: cairn in County Sligo, Ireland
- Categories: 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″ northLongitude
-8.45022° or 8° 27′ 1″ westOpen location code
9C6H7G4X+6WOpenStreetMap ID
way 805288300OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=cairnWikidata ID
Q28232461
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