Pit-burial in Fourknocks

The following 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 Pit with cremation beneath barrow (ME033-031----). A Cordoned Urn with the cremation of a child and a Vase Food Vessel found in body of mound. (PRIA 1971, 75-81)

Pit-burial in Fourknocks is a Neolithic burial site, dating to approximately 3500–2500 BCE. It is significant as part of a broader network of early megalithic and funerary monuments in the Boyne Valley, an area recognized for its rich archaeological heritage.