Fourknocks Passage Tomb
Photo: Kieran Campbell · CC BY-SA 2.0
Megalithic tomb - passage tomb

Fourknocks Passage Tomb

Tuama Pasáiste na bhFuarchnoc

Passage grave in County Meath, Ireland.

  • AccessNot confirmed
  • National MonumentIn State care
  • DateNot stated
  • FolkloreNone recorded
  • PhotoWikimedia Commons
Fourknocks, Co. Meath53.59658, -6.32647
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At a glance

  • TypeMegalithic tomb - passage tomb
  • StatusNational Monument

Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.

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  • No source says it is open to the public.Most monuments in Ireland stand on private farmland.
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History and description

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.

Full archaeological record 33 words

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.

References

  • 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)

Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 10 July 2007. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.

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