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Creevykeel Court Tomb
54.4387° N, -8.4335° E
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Creevykeel Court Tomb (Irish: Tuama Cúirte na Craobhaí Caoile) is one of the finest examples of a court tomb remaining in Ireland. The monument is located in the N15 Donegal to Sligo road, 50 meters north of Creevykeel cross-roads close to Cliffoney village in County Sligo. The original name for the Creevykeel (An Chraobhaigh Chaol) monument is Caiseal an Bhaoisgin, the Fort of Bhaoisgin, Tobar an Bhaoisgin being the name of the well near the cairn. A second megalithic monument existed 300 meters to the north, but it was demolished around 1890.
Historical Timeline
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Harvard excavation
25 July–4 September 1935
Wakeman watercolour
August 1880
Demolition of nearby monument
c. 1890
Neolithic construction
4000–2500 BC
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