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<< Our Photo Pages >> Knocknagin - Passage Grave in Ireland (Republic of) in Co. Meath

Submitted by ainsloch on Sunday, 24 May 2015  Page Views: 2140

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Knocknagin Alternative Name: Gormanstown
Country: Ireland (Republic of)
NOTE: This site is 1.15 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Co. Meath Type: Passage Grave
 Nearest Village: Gormanstown
Latitude: 53.634550N  Longitude: 6.217099W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Knocknagin submitted by ainsloch : Possible remains of a passage mound on Knocknagin Beach - not much left here at all unfortunately. The remains of the main monument are on private land, well fenced off. (Vote or comment on this photo)
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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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
O1866 : House on Gormanston beach by Alan Reid
by Alan Reid
©2015(licence)
O1866 : Railway bridge at Gormanston by Kieran Campbell
by Kieran Campbell
©2008(licence)
O1766 : Estate houses, Gormanston, Co. Meath by Kieran Campbell
by Kieran Campbell
©2007(licence)
O1766 : Train at Gormanstown station by The Carlisle Kid
by The Carlisle Kid
©2011(licence)
O1766 : Train, Gormanston (1982) by Albert Bridge
by Albert Bridge
©2013(licence)

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