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 Eight burials found in mound (ME033-029003-) built over passage tomb (ME033-029001-) and round cairn (ME033-029002-). Four burials in cists with both inhumation and cremation rite. Grave goods included two complete Food Vessels and two Urns. (PRIA 1971, 44-74)

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 importance in Neolithic ritual and social organization.