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Megalithic structure in Fourknocks

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The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). It comprised an ovoid mound (ME033-029003-) with cists and pit burials (ME033-029004- and ME033-029005-) which covered, at SW, a small cairn (ME033-029002-) and, at NE, a megalithic passage with a transverse fosse at its SE end; both passage and transverse fosse contained burials. The primary finds indicate that the monument was constructed by passage-tomb peoples. (PRIA 1971, 35-83) This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 18/1976).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME033-029001

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  • Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Zairon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
  • SeoR, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Dvcireland, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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  • C O'Flanagan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • C O'Flanagan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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