What is recorded here

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 Remains of mound, c. 20m in diam., overgrown with trees and shrubs. Several kerb stones have been noted and the site has been listed as possible passage-tomb (Herity 1974, 250). (O'Kelly 1978, 54, site I) Archaeological testing (21E0649) c. 15m to the N produced no related material (excavatioins.ie 2021:226).

Neolithic passage tomb, dating to approximately 3200–2500 BCE. It is part of the Brú na Bóinne complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is significant for its alignment with the winter solstice and its role in early ceremonial landscape.

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