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Creevykeel - Court-Tomb.


There are over 350 known court-tombs in the whole of
Ireland, but only five are in the south. Creevykeel,
adjoining the Sligo-Bundoran road 2.4km NE of Cliffony,
is certainly the most impressive and has been
thoroughly restored. Located within a wedge-shaped
cairn, this tomb was originally about 61 m long.
At the eastern end is the main entrance, through a
small passage, which leads into an oval forecourt.
Originally paved, the forecourt is very large: 17x10 m.
Close inspection shows a change in size of the
orthostats ending the court, as if they might have been
built in more than one phase. The tomb continues on
beneath a lintel stone through two successive chambers,
where four cremations have been found. Even further on
are the remains of a possible three more burial
chambers. During Hencken's excavations of 1935, a chalk
ball was discovered at Creevykeel, it is an item
similar to those found in Brittany, which may be a
further confirmation that court-tombs often slightly
pre-date passage-tombs. Other grave goods included
Neolithic pottery, leaf-shaped flint arrowheads, hollow
scrapers, and polished stone axeheads.

This shot was taken there too, just with a 180° turn.*g*

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