Megalithic tomb - passage tomb

The National Monuments Service's description

Knowth cemetery, Tomb 11: Situated c. 15m NW of the great mound, Tomb 1C. An arc of 13 contiguous kerbstones NW-E indicates the remains of a kerbed mound (diam. c. 11.5m), with isolated kerbstones at S and W and displaced stones E-S. It is probably the site of a passage tomb, although there was only a little mound material in some brown clay, and no orthostats or sockets of a passage or chamber were present. Eighteen flints were found but only one showed any signs of re-touching. A small N-S trench (L 4.6m; Wth c. 0.4m; max. D 0.37m) outside the tomb at S contained five scrapers and 9 sherds of Western Neolithic pottery (Eogan 1968, 324-31, Site 5). The mound is completely reconstructed with replacement kerbstones. (Eogan1984, 63-6, Site 11; 1986, 89)

The above 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.

Date of upload: 10 July 2007
Revised: 16 September 2020

See the attached plans:
_1 Cemetery plan from Knowth 6, Fig. 2:1
_2 Tomb plan from Knowth 1, Fig. 33

References

Eogan, G. 1984 Excavations at Knowth 1. Dublin. Royal Irish Academy.

Eogan, G. 1986 Knowth and the passage-tombs of Ireland. London. Thames and Hudson.

Eogan, G. 1968 Excavations at Knowth, Co. Meath, 1962-1965. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 66C, No. 4, 299-400.