Ceremonial stone setting in Knowth

Four areas with stone settings were established outside the kerb of Tomb 1C, the most elaborate being outside the entrances to the E and W tombs but another is just SE of the mound. Two small related areas are adjacent to Tomb 16, and a fifth setting is associated with Tomb 4. Just 2m outside the entrance at NE to Tomb 4 a circular area paved with quartz (diam. c. 1.6m) is enclosed by 2 settings of contiguous, low stones (ext. diam. c. 2.8-3m) set upright, but all the elements only survived only E-S-W as the rest is destroyed by a later pit. This feature is conserved in situ. (Eogan 1984, 38) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21 September 2020 See the attached illustrations: _1 Plan of the cemetery, from Knowth 6, Fig. 2:1 _2 Plan of Tomb 4, from Knowth 1, Fig. 15