On the road back to Donegal from Sligo we saw a sign for Creevykeel Court Tomb. Of course we had to stop! Right at the entrance to the site there was a “rag tree”. This is a tree where people hang a piece of cloth or a strip of clothing that has touched the part of their body that needs curing. This tree was covered in strips of paper towel and paper napkins instead of cloth. I wonder if one person had done all the hangings.
The court tomb itself was very impressive. According to the information sign it “was built in the 3rd millennium BCE and consists of a burial chamber opening off the open central courtyard.” There are possibly two more smaller passage graves at the narrow end of the wedge shaped structure. From the mound you can look out at the bay in one direction and the mountains in the other. A really beautiful place to build the Taj Mahal.
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