<< Our Photo Pages >> Knocknagin - Passage Grave in Ireland (Republic of) in Co. Meath
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Knocknagin Alternative Name: GormanstownCountry: Ireland (Republic of)
NOTE: This site is 5.121 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Co. Meath Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Village: Gormanstown
Latitude: 53.634550N Longitude: 6.217099W
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4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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3 | Ordinary |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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The remains of this monument lie fenced off in a field just to the north of where the River Delvin empties into the Irish Sea. There was once a passage grave cemetery here however only this monument survives now in a recognisable state. Some remaining kerb stones encircle a flattened mound which measures around 100 feet in diameter.
Other monuments which existed nearby have fallen from their positions atop a ledge down onto Knocknagin beach, as the encroaching sea erodes the cliffs along the coast. Little now remains of them except for some clusters of boulders amidst the sand.
About a mile to the east on the opposite side of the River Delvin is found the Bremore passage grave complex, which consisted of at least five monuments. Altogether this was a region of particular significance whose monuments are thought to predate the major Boyne Valley passage mounds. They are perhaps contemporary with the Carrowmore or Carrowkeel complexes in Co. Sligo.
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