The Kissing Stone in Carrowmore, Sligo. The Kissing Stone is the most complete monument remaining at Carrowmore, which was also known as Leaba na Fian during Victorian times. Carrowmore is a large group of megalithic monuments on the Cúil Irra peninsula near Sligo, Ireland. They were built in the 4th millennium BCE, during the Neolithic era. There are thirty surviving tombs, placing Carrowmore among the largest and oldest complexes of megalithic tombs in Ireland. The Kissing Stone is an impressively graceful capstone that balances upon the points of three upright chamber stones, and covers a s
The Kissing Stone in Carrowmore, Sligo. The Kissing Stone is the most complete monument remaining at Carrowmore, which was also known as Leaba na Fian during Victorian times. Carrowmore is a large group of megalithic monuments on the Cúil Irra peninsula near Sligo, Ireland. They were built in the 4th millennium BCE, during the Neolithic era. There are thirty surviving tombs, placing Carrowmore among the largest and oldest complexes of megalithic tombs in Ireland. The Kissing Stone is an impressively graceful capstone that balances upon the points of three upright chamber stones, and covers a spacious chamber which opens to the east
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