<< Our Photo Pages >> Knowth - Passage Grave in Ireland (Republic of) in Co. Meath
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Knowth Alternative Name: Site 1Country: Ireland (Republic of)
NOTE: This site is 2.262 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Co. Meath Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Drogheda Nearest Village: Slane
Map Ref: N99697342
Discovery Map Number: D43
Latitude: 53.701126N Longitude: 6.491307W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
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 |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Catrinm visited on 25th Mar 2024 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4 The rock art is stunning - there are over 120 kerbstones all carved in different styles. Best rock art in Europe
SimonBlackmore visited on 27th Apr 2017 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5
Jansold visited on 13th Sep 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5
PheonixHibernia visited on 21st Dec 2012 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5 Phenomenal; Mind-blowing
Spiritual, educational and confirmation that the knowledge and symbol of the ~Egyptian Sun Disc has its origin in ancient Ireland.
The Predecessors of the Culdies
Hibernian Pheonix
"Discovery is seeing what everyone else has seen, and thinking what no one else has thought"
Andy B visited on 9th Dec 2011 Source of the Knowth mace head and lots of rock art - featured in Episode Three of BBC's History of Ancient Britain
SteveC visited on 1st May 2010 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5
bat400 visited on 1st May 2010 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 4
jeffrep visited on 16th Apr 2009 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4
coin visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 1 Access: 4
HChavez visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
neolithique02 DrewParsons MelissaBWrite Runemage davidmorgan escale1 have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.67 Ambience: 4.33 Access: 4.44
Situated close to Newgrange and Dowth. (see nearby sites list below). There is a copy of the central stone in a nearby museum.
Note: A new paper by Kate Prendergast suggesting Knowth was built with precision astronomical instrument to enable accurate calendars and counting systems to structure the builders' ritual lives and cosmological beliefs. See the most recent comments on our page for more.
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