Archaeology

According to the Sites Monument Records of 1993 County Carlow has over one thousand archaeological sites. It also has a collection of between 5 – 700 items housed in the National Museum of Ireland. A number of the key sites are open to the public to visit such as the Browneshill Dolmen, the Nine Stones at Mount Leinster, the ecclesiastical sites of St Mullins and Old Leighlin Cathedral and castles such as Carlow and Huntington to name but a few places.

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Bronze Axe Head, forms part of what is locally referred to as the Jackson Collection, a nineteenth century collection of local artefacts. Origin of the axe unknown but more than likely found in County Carlow. Photo Carlow County Museum, ccm 80-57.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The twelve foot skeleton remains of an Irish Elk, circa 8 – 10,000 BC found in the nineteenth century in the bog in Tullow.

Some examples of Carlow’s Archaeology, Ogham Stone, Dolmen, Rock Art, Stone Crosses & Grave Slabs, Cairn and Standing Stones. Photos Carlow County Museum and William Ellis.