What is recorded here

Killallon is a steep Norman motte where grass still covers a deadly stone ledge, while a rectangular bailey waits beside it like a forgotten room. William de Tuite may have grabbed gold from that soil in 1214, but the earth kept the shape of fear instead. The mound tilts from seven to fourteen metres because its makers used the land's own anger, not their own strength.

Grass-covered mound c. 36m in diam. and nearly 8m in H, 1km SE of the main mound at Newgrange (ME019-045----). Listed as passage-tomb (Herity 1974, 247; O'Kelly 1978, 50). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 10 July 2007

Passage tomb, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 3200–2500 BCE). It is part of the broader Brú na Bóinne complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site significant for its early megalithic architecture and ceremonial landscape.

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