Slab-lined burial

The National Monuments Service's description

Located c. 30m W of the great mound and c. 20m S of Tomb 9. Four slab-lined burials were placed side by side, creating a small cemetery. The graves were lined with upright slabs and had stone bases as well as covering stones. They were generally aligned NE-SW with the heads at NE. Some of the cists (dims c. 1.8m x 0.56m; D 0.24m) were damaged. One probable male aged c. 17 and one female aged c. 25 were interred together with the heads at NE. Another cist contained only some teeth and the fourth was empty. A radiocarbon date of 1210 +- 28 bp (cal. AD 710-891) was returned from one of the burials. The graves are conserved in situ. (Eogan 2012, 57-61; O’Brien 2012, 61-71)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload; 21 September 2020

See attached illustration:
_1 Plan of burials, from Knowth 5, Fig. 3:6

O’Brien, E. 2012 3. 2. 1. Knowth Secondary Burials – Proto-historic and Historic Period. In G. Eogan, 2012, 61-71. Dublin, Royal Irish Academy

References

Eogan, G. 2012 Excavations at Knowth 5: the archaeology of Knowth in the first and second millennia AD. Dublin. Royal Irish Academy.