Carrowkeel Passage Tomb Cluster K — Southern Extension

Why it mattersKey megalithic for County Sligo, illustrating Irish Neolithic construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.

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Built

c. 3500 BCE

Period

Early Neolithic (4000-3000 BCE)

Culture

Irish Neolithic

Purpose

Collective burial and territorial marker for agro-pastoral community

Excavation

Partially excavated

1. c. 3500 BCE

   Initial construction of Carrowkeel Passage Tomb Cluster K — Southern Extension main structure

2. c. 871 BCE

   Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Carrowkeel Passage Tomb Cluster K — Southern Extension

3. 19th–20th century

   Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Carrowkeel Passage Tomb Cluster K — Southern Extension) with geophysical prospection

• Carrowkeel Passage Tomb Cluster K — Southern Extension — Main Megalithic Feature

  necropolis

  Primary necropolis at Carrowkeel Passage Tomb Cluster K — Southern Extension — burial gallery with stratified deposits

  54.0318° N · 8.3776° W

• Carrowkeel Passage Tomb Cluster K — Southern Extension — Secondary Enclosure

  temple

  Ancillary temple at Carrowkeel Passage Tomb Cluster K — Southern Extension — rock-cut facade with stratified deposits

  54.0345° N · 8.3747° W

• Carrowkeel Passage Tomb Cluster K — Southern Extension — Outlier Rock Art Panel

  chamber

  Outlier chamber panel linked to Carrowkeel Passage Tomb Cluster K — Southern Extension ceremonial landscape

  54.0319° N · 8.3747° W