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Slab-lined burial

Knowth, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Slab-lined burial, Knowth, County Meath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Knowth
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.70123, -6.49255
SMR number
ME019-030084-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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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.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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