Saturday, June 26, 2010

Kerbstones at Knowth Passage tomb Bru Na Boinne and Newgrange



Passage Tombs of Ireland Knowth


KNOWTH Located at the western end of Bru Na Boinne. The great mound of this spectacular site is outlined by 127 massive kerbstones. Knowth is truely extensive with at least 18 (eighteen) smaller or satelight tombs located around the large buriel mound, at least two of these were constructed before the great mound itself. In 1967 / 1968, Professor George Eogan and his team of archaeologists discovered two tombs, with the large central mound, one of the spectacular features at Knowth is the wealth of decoration on the structural stones. Ceremony and settlement existed at Knowth both before and long after the end of the Neolithic period. Join one of our spectacular day tours with your private group today BOOK NOW

Passage Tombs of Ireland


Bru Na Boinne - the palace or the mansion of the Boyne, is the name given to one of the Worlds most important archaeological landscapes, the entire area has been internationally recognized as a UNESCO World heritage site, dominated by the spectacular prehistoric passage tombs at Knowth, Dowth and Newgrange. The are around the Boyne valley are deemed to be of outstanding of outstanding universal value to humanity and are approved on the basis of their merits as the best possible examples of cultural or natural heritage. A day tour from Dublin to this World heritage site can be booked at Ireland through the ages. Other sites listed include Stonehenge and Avebury, the Neolithic (New Stone Age) monuments of Orkney, The Pyramids of Giza and the Acropolis of Athens. Currently we run day tours from Dublin to this spectacular site on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays April - September (inclusive)