Passage tomb in Fourknocks — Report the wrong picture

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Fourknocks is a megalithic passage tomb in County Meath, Ireland. Its large pear-shaped chamber holds twelve stones marked with ancient art, while a shell-concrete dome now covers the chamber and a low dry-walled kerb bounds the mound. People built this place for death, memory and ritual, not for casual visitation.

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 Excavated in 1950-2, the mound, 19m in diam. and delimited by a low dry-walled kerb, contained a curciform passage-tomb opening to NNE. Three recesses open off the large pear-shaped central chamber, 6.5m by 7.5m, now covered by a shell-concrete dome. Twelve structural stones bear megalithic art. Cemetery mound (ME033-028002-) and cists and pits (ME033-028004-) related to megalithic tomb. (Herity 1974, 253-4; Shee 1981, 220-2)

Passage tomb; dates to the Neolithic period, approximately 3500–2500 BCE. It is significant as part of a broader network of megalithic tombs in the Boyne Valley, an area recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its rich prehistoric monuments.

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