A Carrowkeel Complex Funeral Cairn in Ireland (IMAGE)

University of Otago

A Carrowkeel Complex Funeral Cairn in Ireland

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Cairn K -- Part of a 5000 years-old Passage Tomb Complex at Carrowkeel in County Sligo in the north-west of Ireland. This site is one of the most impressive Neolithic ritual landscapes in Europe, but despite that, is relatively unknown. Researchers have now analysed bones from up to seven passage tombs that included both unburnt and cremated human remains from around 40 individuals

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Sam Moore

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