What is recorded here

Not indicaetd is the fifth of nine underground passages cut into the summit of the great mound in County Meath. Excavated in 1941, it reveals a four-metre passage leading to a circular beehive chamber where copper jewellery, gaming pieces and silver pennies once lay buried. The dark tunnel still holds the shape of hands that built and used it, waiting beneath the grass for someone to imagine their lives.

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. 5, located on the summit of the mound at the NE edge and it was completely excavated in 1941 (Roe 1943). It consists of a passage (L 4m; Wth 1m) entered at S with 2 surviving lintels at the N end as it entered a circular chamber (diam. 3.5m) that was probably of beehive construction (surviving H 0.75m). Artefacts recovered from the excavation in 1941 include a copper alloy bracelet, a bell pendant, bone stick-pins, a copper alloy tweezers, a tanged knife, a sickle, bone combs, gaming pieces and silver pennies. This Man-made underground passage could have been connected with the W end of Man-made underground passage 3, and it was built later than medieval house 11. It has not been conserved. (Eogan 2012, 139-40) True location: ITM (699620, 773471) 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, Knowth 5, Fig. 4:34

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