List of National Monuments in County Sligo
National Monuments
Table:
NM#

Monument name

Description

Image

Townland

Location
342	Ballinafad Castle	Castle	Ballinafad
54°01′34″N 8°20′09″W﻿ / ﻿54.026°N 8.3358°W﻿ / 54.026; -8.3358

373	Castlebaldwin Castle	Castle	Castlebaldwin
54°04′41″N 8°22′10″W﻿ / ﻿54.077991°N 8.369474°W﻿ / 54.077991; -8.369474

523	Cabragh Wedge Tomb (The Giant's Grave)	Wedge Tomb	Cabragh (Leyny)
54°10′27″N 8°40′26″W﻿ / ﻿54.1742°N 8.674°W﻿ / 54.1742; -8.674

568	Carns Cairn	Cairn	Carns (Calry)
54°15′20″N 8°27′01″W﻿ / ﻿54.255449°N 8.450273°W﻿ / 54.255449; -8.450273

277.01	Carricknagat Megalithic Tombs	Megalithic Tombs	Carricknagat (Tirerrill)
54°11′19″N 8°24′04″W﻿ / ﻿54.188529°N 8.401167°W﻿ / 54.188529; -8.401167

518	Carrowkeel Passage Tomb Cemetery	Passage Tomb Cemetery	Carrowkeel
54°03′04″N 8°22′26″W﻿ / ﻿54.050983°N 8.373918°W﻿ / 54.050983; -8.373918

153.01	Carrowmore Passage Tomb Cemetery	Stone circle, Ring barrow, Passage tomb, Ringfort, Megalithic structure, Cashel	Carrowmore
54°15′23″N 8°30′56″W﻿ / ﻿54.256371°N 8.515475°W﻿ / 54.256371; -8.515475

638	Ballymote Castle	Castle	Ballymote
54°05′15″N 8°31′10″W﻿ / ﻿54.087412°N 8.519462°W﻿ / 54.087412; -8.519462

479	Carrowreagh Court Tomb	Court Tomb	Carrowreagh (Leyny)
54°03′36″N 8°56′32″W﻿ / ﻿54.059876°N 8.942182°W﻿ / 54.059876; -8.942182

277.02	Cashelore (Cashel Bir, Bawnboy)	Cashel	Castleore
54°12′36″N 8°22′39″W﻿ / ﻿54.210034°N 8.377560°W﻿ / 54.210034; -8.377560

118	Church Island	Church	Church Island (Lough Gill)
54°15′13″N 8°23′12″W﻿ / ﻿54.253582°N 8.386793°W﻿ / 54.253582; -8.386793

159	Cashelmore (Clogher Stone Fort)	Cashel	Clogher
53°56′04″N 8°30′50″W﻿ / ﻿53.934457°N 8.513904°W﻿ / 53.934457; -8.513904

338	Creevykeel Court Tomb	Court Tomb	Creevykeel
54°26′19″N 8°26′00″W﻿ / ﻿54.438701°N 8.433365°W﻿ / 54.438701; -8.433365

433	Cummeen Court Tomb	Cairns	Cummeen
54°16′37″N 8°31′36″W﻿ / ﻿54.277039°N 8.526724°W﻿ / 54.277039; -8.526724

119	Drumcliffe High Crosses & Round Tower	High Crosses & Round Tower	Drumcliffe
54°19′34″N 8°29′42″W﻿ / ﻿54.326098°N 8.495028°W﻿ / 54.326098; -8.495028

277.03	Gortlownan Motte	Motte	Gortlownan
54°13′17″N 8°20′20″W﻿ / ﻿54.221474°N 8.338871°W﻿ / 54.221474; -8.338871

607	Gortnaleck Court Tomb	Court Tomb	Gortnaleck
54°23′04″N 8°29′03″W﻿ / ﻿54.384544°N 8.4842°W﻿ / 54.384544; -8.4842

152	Heapstown Cairn	Cairn	Heapstown
54°05′42″N 8°20′54″W﻿ / ﻿54.09509°N 8.348301°W﻿ / 54.09509; -8.348301

117	Inishmurray Island	Early Medieval Ecclesiastical Site	Inishmurray Island
54°25′54″N 8°39′25″W﻿ / ﻿54.431602°N 8.657014°W﻿ / 54.431602; -8.657014

153.02	Knocknarea passage tombs	Passage tombs & Cairns	Knocknarea
54°15′35″N 8°34′28″W﻿ / ﻿54.25968921°N 8.5745°W﻿ / 54.25968921; -8.5745

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Ballinafad Castle is located in Sligo County in the Republic of Ireland . It can be found on the east side of highway N4 overlooking Lough Arrow at the town of Ballinafad . The castle is in ruins and is accessible year round . There are no tours , guides , or fees . Visitors can park in a small lot at the foot of the hill where they will find an interpretive sign . To enter the castle grounds , walk up the path and through the small iron gate . The castle is an Elizabethan blockhouse built during the Nine Years ' War by Captain John St. Barbe on land granted to him by James I . The castle was garrisoned by ten men and commanded by John St. Barbe . It was partially destroyed by Red Hugh ODonnel in 1595 . The castle was again sacked in 1642 and fell out of use by 1680 . Visitors can not enter the castle , but the interior is visible through breaches in the walls that are closed off by iron fences . Coordinates : 54°01′34″N 8°20′09″W / 54.0260°N 8.3358°W / 54.0260 ; -8.3358
Ballinafad ( Irish : Béal an Átha Fada , meaning Mouth of the long ford ) is a village in County Sligo , Ireland . There is also a village Ballinafad in Connemara , County Galway . Ballinafad House , is situated in Belcara , outside Castlebar , County Mayo , it featured on The Great House Revival , presented by Hugh Wallace on RTE , 2018 . Ambrose O'Higgins , who became governor of Chile and viceroy of Perú , was born in this area . Ambrose was father of Bernardo O'Higgins , leader of South American emancipation .
Castlebaldwin or Bellanagarrigeeny ( Irish : Béal Átha na gCarraigíní , meaning mouth of the ford of the small rocks ) is a townland and a very small village in County Sligo , Ireland . The castle outside the village of Castlebaldwin is a fortified 17th-century house ( Duchas reference SL034-185 -- - Grid reference G:75686:14470 ) rather than a medieval castle , with gun slits in the walls and a machicolation over the door . The walls of the castle are made from stones taken from a nunnery that was near the village . To hold the stones together blood from animals was mixed to sand to form mortar to help the stones stick . Castlebaldwin is situated near the Carrowkeel Passage Tombs which are some of the oldest tombs in Europe .
Castlebaldwin or Bellanagarrigeeny ( Irish : Béal Átha na gCarraigíní , meaning mouth of the ford of the small rocks ) is a townland and a very small village in County Sligo , Ireland . The castle outside the village of Castlebaldwin is a fortified 17th-century house ( Duchas reference SL034-185 -- - Grid reference G:75686:14470 ) rather than a medieval castle , with gun slits in the walls and a machicolation over the door . The walls of the castle are made from stones taken from a nunnery that was near the village . To hold the stones together blood from animals was mixed to sand to form mortar to help the stones stick . Castlebaldwin is situated near the Carrowkeel Passage Tombs which are some of the oldest tombs in Europe .
Cabragh Wedge Tomb , also called Cabragh I or the Giant 's Grave , is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and National Monument located in County Sligo , Ireland .
Leyney ( Luíghne ) is a barony in central Co. Sligo . It corresponds to the ancient túath of Luíghne .
Carns Cairn is a cairn and National Monument located in County Sligo , Ireland .
Carricknagat Megalithic Tombs are megalithic tombs and a National Monument located in County Sligo , Ireland .
The Carrowkeel tombs are an ancient passage tomb cluster in south County Sligo , Ireland . They were built in the 4th millennium BC , during the Neolithic era . The tombs are on the Bricklieve Hills ( An Bricshliabh , 'the speckled hills ' ) , overlooking Lough Arrow , and are sometimes called the Bricklieve tombs . They are named after the townland of Carrowkeel ( An Cheathrú Chaol , 'the narrow quarter ' ) . Nearby are the Caves of Kesh and Heapstown Cairn . The Carrowkeel monuments are protected as National Monuments and are considered one of the big four passage tomb cemeteries in Ireland , along with Carrowmore , Brú na Bóinne and Loughcrew .
Carrowmore ( Irish : An Cheathrú Mhór , 'the great quarter ' ) 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 , the earliest dating to around 3700 BCE , making Carrowmore the largest and among the oldest cemeteries of megalithic tombs in Ireland . It is considered one of the 'big four ' along with Carrowkeel , Loughcrew and Brú na Bóinne . Carrowmore is the heart of an ancient ritual landscape which is dominated by the mountain of Knocknarea to the west . It is a protected National Monument .
Carrowmore ( Irish : An Cheathrú Mhór , 'the great quarter ' ) 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 , the earliest dating to around 3700 BCE , making Carrowmore the largest and among the oldest cemeteries of megalithic tombs in Ireland . It is considered one of the 'big four ' along with Carrowkeel , Loughcrew and Brú na Bóinne . Carrowmore is the heart of an ancient ritual landscape which is dominated by the mountain of Knocknarea to the west . It is a protected National Monument .
Ballymote Castle ( Irish : Caisleán Bhaile an Mhóta ) is a large rectangular keepless castle , built around 1300 . It is located in the townland of Carrownanty on the outskirts of Ballymote in southern County Sligo , Ireland . This area was known historically as Átha Cliath an Chorainn , which roughly translates as The Ford of the Hurdles of Corann . It is the last of the Norman castles in Connacht . It was probably built in order to protect the newly won possessions of Richard Óg de Burgh , 2nd Earl of Ulster ( also known as the Red Earl ) , in County Sligo , some distance from an earlier motte .
Ballymote ( Irish : Baile an Mhóta , meaning town of the motte/mound ) is a market town in southern County Sligo in the province of Connacht , in the west of Ireland . It lies in the barony of Corran . The Norman Ballymote Castle dates from the 1300s and the Book of Ballymote was written in or near the town in the 1390s .
Carrowreagh Court Tomb is a court cairn and National Monument located in County Sligo , Ireland .
Cashelore , also called Cashel Bir or Bawnboy , is a stone ringfort ( cashel ) and National Monument located in County Sligo , Ireland .
Church Island ( Irish : Inis Mór , big island ) is an island situated in Lough Gill , Ireland .
Lough Gill ( Irish : Loch Gile , meaning bright or white lake ) is a freshwater lough ( lake ) mainly situated in County Sligo , but partly in County Leitrim , in Ireland . Lough Gill provides the setting for William Butler Yeats ' poem The Lake Isle of Innisfree .
Cashelmore , also called Clogher Stone Fort , is a stone ringfort ( cashel ) and National Monument located in County Sligo , Ireland .
Creevykeel Court Tomb is one of the better examples of a court tomb in Ireland . The monument is located on the foothills of Tievebaun Mountain close to the sea near Mullaghmore in County Sligo .
Cummeen Court Cairn is a court cairn and National Monument located in County Sligo , Ireland .
The Mountains of the Central Dingle Peninsula are the generic name given to the mountains that lie on the Dingle Peninsula between the Brandon Group of mountains in the west , and the Slieve Mish Mountains at the eastern end of the peninsula .
Drumcliff or Drumcliffe ( Irish : Droim Chliabh , meaning ridge of the baskets ) is a village in County Sligo , Ireland . It is 8 km ( 5 miles ) north of Sligo town on the N15 road on a low gravel ridge between the mountain of Ben Bulben and Drumcliff bay . It is on the Drumcliff river , originally called the Codnach , which drains Glencar Lake . Drumcliff is the resting place of the Irish poet W. B. Yeats .
Drumcliff or Drumcliffe ( Irish : Droim Chliabh , meaning ridge of the baskets ) is a village in County Sligo , Ireland . It is 8 km ( 5 miles ) north of Sligo town on the N15 road on a low gravel ridge between the mountain of Ben Bulben and Drumcliff bay . It is on the Drumcliff river , originally called the Codnach , which drains Glencar Lake . Drumcliff is the resting place of the Irish poet W. B. Yeats .
Gortlownan Motte is a motte and National Monument located in County Sligo , Ireland .
Gortnaleck Court Tomb is a court cairn and National Monument located in County Sligo , Ireland .
Heapstown Cairn is a cairn and National Monument located in County Sligo , Ireland .
Inishmurray ( Irish : Inis Muireadheach , meaning Muireadheach 's island ) is an uninhabited island situated 7 km ( 4 mi ) off the coast of County Sligo , Ireland .
Knocknarea ( /nɒknəˈreɪ/ ; Irish : Cnoc na Riadh ) is a large hill west of Sligo town in County Sligo , Ireland . The 327-metre ( 1,073 ft ) high limestone hill is visually striking , as it is monolithic in appearance and stands in a prominent position on the Cúil Irra peninsula between the bays of Sligo and Ballysadare . At the summit is a large Cairn believed to be the burial chamber of Queen Maebh of Connacht . Although it has not been excavated , it is believed to conceal a Neolithic passage tomb .