What is recorded here

Nine man-made passages cut through the Knowth mound, linking early medieval lives to older tombs. Passage two enters Tomb 1C East on the east side, then bends west and slopes north into a beehive chamber nearly two metres high. People may have lived beside its lost south end, sat at nearby hearths, or used the narrow rock-cut tube to reach water, storage, or ceremony. The mound still holds that much more than a grave; it is a layered place where human hands kept returning to make new rooms inside ancient stone.

Nine Man-made underground passages have been recorded in excavation at the passage tomb complex. They are associated with the early medieval open settlement (ME019-030060-) and are placed largely on the sides and summit of the great mound. This is Man-made underground passage No. 2, located on the E side of the mound at the entrance to Tomb 1C East. The passage (L 15m plus; Wth 0.7m; H 1m) connected with the tomb towards its S end where it takes a turn W but the original S end of the Man-made underground passage is destroyed by work connected with Man-made underground passage 3. The passage extends N past this junction and slopes down to a large beehive chamber (diam. 2.7m; H 1.8m). There is no evidence of a house connected with this Man-made underground passage which pre-dated medieval houses 4 and 5 but precise relationships could not be established with any features. Some hearths in the vicinity that also pre-date these houses could be associated with the Man-made underground passage. (Eogan 2012, 109-11) True location: ITM (699653, 773459) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 06 November 2013 Amended: 17 September 2020 See the attached illustrations: _1 Early medieval features, from Knowth 5, Fig. 4:1 _2 Man-made underground passage plan, from Knowth 5, Fig. 4:15

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