- Created: January 20, 2014 6:55 pm
- Updated: December 12, 2017 10:58 am
Location: Sligo
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This enormous cairn on top of Knocknarea Hill is 55 meters in diameter by 10 meters high. Folklore says it was built for the mythical Iron Age Queen Maeve, whose father, the high king of Ireland, gave her Connacht as a gift. Archaeologists believe it may really date back to 3000 BC.
This enormous cairn on top of Knocknarea Hill is 55 meters in diameter by 10 meters high. Folklore says it was built for the mythical Iron Age Queen Maeve, whose father, the high king of Ireland, gave her Connacht as a gift. Archaeologists believe it may really date back to 3000 BC.
