Sligo bids for UNESCO World Heritage Site status
Updated / Saturday, 6 Feb 2021
19:02
North West Correspondent
It stands majestic over Sligo bay - Queen Maeve s cairn atop Knocknarae is an iconic monument in the county but it s also part of an extensive neolithic landscape with over 85 sites of varying sizes spread across the county.
While Queen Maeve s tomb, with 30,000 tonnes of stone capping the mountain, may be the stand-out monument, below it lies many more fascinating sites in places like Carrowmore, Carrowkeel and Knocknashee.
Experts now say that this connected landscape of passage tombs deserves international recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage site.