Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery
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Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery is one of Ireland’s largest and oldest Stone Age burial complexes, featuring numerous passage tombs and megalithic monuments.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery canonical | 11 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery Context triple: [County Sligo, contains, Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery]
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A.
Poulnabrone dolmen
Poulnabrone dolmen is a famous Neolithic portal tomb and iconic archaeological monument located on the karst landscape of the Burren in western Ireland.
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B.
Loughcrew Cairns
Loughcrew Cairns is a complex of Neolithic passage tombs and ancient ceremonial sites in Ireland, renowned for its megalithic art and astronomical alignments.
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C.
Ráth Cairn
Ráth Cairn is a small Irish-speaking (Gaeltacht) village in County Meath, Ireland, known for its strong preservation of traditional Irish language and culture.
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D.
Céide Fields
Céide Fields is a vast Neolithic archaeological landscape in western Ireland, renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved prehistoric field systems, stone walls, and settlement remains buried beneath peat bogs.
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E.
Reilig Odhráin burial ground
Reilig Odhráin burial ground is an ancient cemetery on the island of Iona in Scotland, traditionally believed to be the resting place of early Scottish, Irish, and Norse kings.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery Target entity description: Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery is one of Ireland’s largest and oldest Stone Age burial complexes, featuring numerous passage tombs and megalithic monuments.
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A.
Poulnabrone dolmen
Poulnabrone dolmen is a famous Neolithic portal tomb and iconic archaeological monument located on the karst landscape of the Burren in western Ireland.
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B.
Loughcrew Cairns
Loughcrew Cairns is a complex of Neolithic passage tombs and ancient ceremonial sites in Ireland, renowned for its megalithic art and astronomical alignments.
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C.
Ráth Cairn
Ráth Cairn is a small Irish-speaking (Gaeltacht) village in County Meath, Ireland, known for its strong preservation of traditional Irish language and culture.
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D.
Céide Fields
Céide Fields is a vast Neolithic archaeological landscape in western Ireland, renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved prehistoric field systems, stone walls, and settlement remains buried beneath peat bogs.
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E.
Reilig Odhráin burial ground
Reilig Odhráin burial ground is an ancient cemetery on the island of Iona in Scotland, traditionally believed to be the resting place of early Scottish, Irish, and Norse kings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
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megalithic cemetery ⓘ prehistoric monument complex ⓘ |
| ageRelativeTo |
older than Dowth
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older than Knowth ⓘ older than Newgrange ⓘ |
| contains |
cairns
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central burial chambers ⓘ dolmens ⓘ passage tombs ⓘ stone circles ⓘ |
| country | Ireland ⓘ |
| culturalPeriod |
Neolithic
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Stone Age ⓘ |
| excavatedBy |
George Petrie
ⓘ
Göran Burenhult ⓘ William Gregory Wood-Martin ⓘ |
| hasCentralMonument | Listoghil ⓘ |
| hasEarliestConstructionDate | c. 3700 BCE ⓘ |
| hasEvidenceOf |
Neolithic pottery
ⓘ
beads and personal ornaments ⓘ cremated human remains ⓘ stone and bone tools ⓘ |
| hasFacility | visitor centre ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
cremation burials
ⓘ
low cairns ⓘ open stone circles with central dolmens ⓘ radial layout of tombs around central cairn ⓘ stone-lined burial chambers ⓘ |
| hasLatestConstructionDate | c. 2900 BCE ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Benbulben
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Carrowkeel passage tomb complex ⓘ
linked to:
Carrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery
Knocknarea ⓘ Queen Maeve’s Cairn ⓘ
linked to:
Queen Maeve's Cairn
|
| heritageStatus | National Monument of Ireland ⓘ |
| isAmong |
largest megalithic cemeteries in Ireland
ⓘ
oldest known stone tomb complexes in Ireland ⓘ |
| Listoghil | central cairn and chamber ⓘ |
| locatedIn | County Sligo ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Sligo town
ⓘ
linked to:
Sligo
|
| locatedOn | Cúil Irra peninsula ⓘ |
| managedBy | Office of Public Works ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
glacial erratics
ⓘ
local limestone ⓘ |
| numberOfMonuments | more than 30 ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| originalNumberOfMonuments | over 60 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Sligo Neolithic landscape
ⓘ
linked to:
Carrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery
|
| radiocarbonDatingIndicates | early to mid 4th millennium BCE use ⓘ |
| region | Connacht ⓘ |
| tourismCategory | cultural heritage site ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | on tentative lists and comparative studies for potential World Heritage nomination ⓘ |
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Subject: Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery Description of subject: Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery is one of Ireland’s largest and oldest Stone Age burial complexes, featuring numerous passage tombs and megalithic monuments.
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