Creevykeel Court Tomb

Creevykeel Court Tomb
The site in 2019
LocationCounty Sligo, Ireland
Coordinates54°26′19″N 8°26′01″W / 54.4387°N 8.4335°W / 54.4387; -8.4335
History
MaterialSandstone
Foundedc.3500 BC

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 beside the N15 Donegal Town to Sligo road, 50 metres north of Creevykeel cross-roads, close to the village of Cliffoney in the north of 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 metres to the north, but it was demolished around 1890.