Passage tomb in Knowth

Knowth cemetery, Tomb 19. Nineteen glacial erratic boulders of mixed types were discovered in a fairly confined area (dims c. 15m x c. 15m) about 20m SE of the great mound of Tomb 1C during the course of the excavations which Eogan (1984, 156-8; 2017, 257) considered represented displaced kerbstones of a possible passage tomb or tombs that had been destroyed. In addition, about 300 broken fragments of green grit or greywacke, came to light in the same area, but not a single socket is associated with them. An imprecise location is provided SE of the great mound where the boulders were found. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 27 February 2014 Amended: 18 September 2020 See the attached illustration: _1 Cemetery plan, from Knowth 6, Fig. 2:1

Passage tomb, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 3300–2500 BCE). It is part of the larger Knowth cemetery, a significant ritual and burial landscape associated with early farming communities in Ireland.