Knocknarea

Knocknarea is a large prominent hill west of Sligo town in County Sligo, Ireland, with a height of 327 metres [1]. At the summit is one of Ireland's largest cairns, known as Queen Maeve's Cairn, which is believed to contain a Neolithic passage tomb [1]. Knocknarea overlooks the Carrowmore tombs and is thought to have been part of an ancient ritual landscape [1]. On the summit of Knocknarea is a large cairn about 55 metres wide and 10 metres high, making it the largest cairn in Ireland outside Brú na Bóinne in Meath [1]. Although it has not been excavated by archaeologists, it has many features of a classic passage tomb [1]. The cairn is flat-topped and several kerbstones can be seen on the northern side [1]. It is believed to date to around 3000 BCE, during the Neolithic [1]. It is known in Irish as Miosgán Meadhbha (Meadhbh's heap), and in English as Maeve's Cairn or Maeve's Tomb [1].