A Book of Condolence has been opened at Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery visitors’ centre in Sligo for the late Swedish archaeologist Göran Burenhult, who died recently.
A renowned megalithic expert, Professor Burenhult directed excavations at the Carrowmore tombs over the summer seasons from 1977 to1982 and from 1994 to 1998.
He is credited with being the first modern researcher to attempt dating at Carrowmore, with his work playing a major role in bringing the prehistoric burial sites on the ritualised landscape of Sligo’s Cuil Iarra Peninsula to international attention.
Professor Burenhult was born in Malmoe, Sweden in 1942. He died earlier this month, aged 81.
The Book of Condolence is available for signing in the Visitors’ Centre at Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery from 10 o’clock every morning.
