Passage tomb in Knowth

Knowth cemetery, Tomb 5. This tomb is located c. 22m SW of the great mound, Tomb 1C, and it is also c. 18m NW of Tomb 4 and c. 12m S of the chamber of Tomb 6. Very little evidence of this tomb remains. It consists of 8 kerbstones, only 2 of which are in situ, but a layer of redeposited boulder clay (max. T c. 0.3m) and some shale that regularly constitutes mound material is present. Some stones that are deposited in nearby drains could have derived from the passage of a tomb. There is no other evidence of the tomb, except that one displaced stone has an incised double chevron, or perhaps a snake, with a small circle and a small rectangle. There is no reconstruction of a mound. (Eogan 1974, 30-4, Site 10; 1984, 39-41, Site 5; 1986, 88-9) 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: 10 July 2007 Revised: 16 September 2020 See the attached plans: _1 Cemetery plan, from Knowth 6, Fig. 2:1; _2 Tomb plan, from Knowth 1, Fig. 18

Passage tomb, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 3300–2500 BCE). It is part of the significant Knowth complex, one of the major ceremonial and burial sites of the Boyne Valley.