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Excavations at Knowth, Co. Meath, 1968

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

George Eogan
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The 1968 excavations were a continuation of the investigations that have been in progress at Knowth since 1962. In brief, this work is establishing that there is a cemetery of Passage Graves at Knowth. This consists of the large tumulus (Site I) with a number of smaller tombs in its immediate vicinity. This group is situated on a low hill that on the west overlooks the River Boyne at a point a couple of miles downstream from Slane where the river takes a sharp turn to the left [I]. MAIN MOUND At Knowth a tract of land that is close to a halfmile in length and one fifth of a mile in greatest width (c. 800 m. x 340 m.) is above the 200-ft. contour (60 m.) but even the highest part of this is only slightly over the 200-ft. mark. The large mound is situated towards the north-western extremity of this ridge and the smaller tombs are

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Antiquity , Volume 43 , Issue 169 , March 1969 , pp. 8 - 14
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1969

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* The excavations are being financed by State grants that are administered through the Office of Public Works and the Royal Irish Academy. I am especially grateful to the National Monuments Branch, Office of Public Works, for providing facilities and for the loan of equipment, and to the Officers of that branch for their continued help. Knowth is a National Monument in State care and for permission to excavate on State property I wish to thank the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland.