Knocknarea

Knocknarea
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4500–3000 BC: Knocknarea is a 327m hill in County Sligo, Ireland, crowned by one of Ireland's largest Neolithic cairns, Queen Maeve's Cairn, believed to contain an unexcavated passage tomb.[1] The hill features steep limestone cliffs on the Coolera Peninsula and overlooks the Carrowmore tomb complex, suggesting it was part of an ancient ritual landscape.[1] The cairn is a protected National Monument.[1]

TypeCairn
Period4500 - 3000 BC
CountryIreland
Coordinates54.2590° N, 8.5747° W

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