Listoghil

Listoghil (Irish: Lios an tSeagail) is the large central monument in the Carrowmore group of prehistoric tombs in County Sligo, Ireland [1]. The Carrowmore group consists of about 35 monuments surrounding Listoghil [1]. It was numbered as Carrowmore 51 by George Petrie in 1837 and this designation is still used [1]. Listoghil stands 59 meters above sea level at the geographic centre of the Cúil Iorra Peninsula, c. 3 km from Sligo town [1]. Listoghil is larger than its satellites, being about 34 meters in diameter; the satellites average about 15 meters [1]. By the end of the 19th century the tomb had been investigated by antiquarians of the period who recorded finding 'bones of horses', charred wood and a worked flint javelin head [1]. In the late 1990s, Goran Burenhult, a Swedish archaeologist, partly excavated Listoghil [1]. The chamber at the heart of the mound is a dolmen-like structure, with 6 orthostats [1].