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| Carrowmore .... is the largest cemetery of megalithic tombs in Ireland. has the countrys oldest megalithic tombs. Monuments are about 5 and a half to 6 and a half thousand years old. has 60 tombs, 30 of which are now visible. is older than the Pyramids. has dolmen circles. normally has a boulder circle of stones and a capstone on a tomb in the centre. In the Carrowmore Tombs... People are mostly buried in groups. Mums and Dads are sometimes buried with their children. Children are sometimes buried on their own or with their parents. All tombs are different but every tomb has more than one standing stone and a capstone. On a tomb you may find pebbles of quartz. Over 30 monuments remain today in varying states of preservation. At one stage maybe there were 100 tombs visible. |
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Our visit to Carrowmore Tombs We started our day at half nine. Fourth class went on the bus and headed for Carrowmore. Carrowmore is situated in Ransboro; it takes five minutes from Ransboro School to get there. Joyce led us to number twenty six and number twenty seven. You're thinking "what is so important about number twenty six and number twenty seven?" Well the Swedish team investigated the circular tombs. The Swedish team found bones of adults and children in the tombs. Also these tombs were beside a quarry. They nearly got demolished. As soon as we arrived at the Visitor Centre we were greeted by Paraic (the tour guide). He guided us to the information desk where we found out that the tombs were over six thousand years old. Paraic told us a story that was named THE THIEF THE BOY AND THE COW ! (about a tomb near Ballygawley). We saw three more tombs before we saw the main one, called Listoghil. Listoghil has a tomb inside it that has a piece of art work on the front of the capstone. |
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