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 Carrowkeel cairn 'G'. The slab stone entrance 'door' is lying open Photo by permission of Ken Williams |
Carrowkeel, An Ċeaṫrú Ċaol , Gaelige for 'the Narrow Quarter', is a Neolithic passage tomb cemetery in the south of County Sligo, near Boyle, County Roscommon. |
 Inside Carrowkeel cairn 'G'. Sunset at the midsummer solstice Photo by permission of Ken Williams |
There are fourteen passage tombs in Carrowkeel and Cairn 'G' incorporates a roofbox, an opening over the entrance which admits a beam of light from the sun at sunset at the midsummer solstice and illuminates the interior of the tomb. The only other example of a roofbox currently known in Ireland is at Newgrange. |