Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Inscribed slab
Knowth, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knowth
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.70119, -6.49168
- SMR number
- ME019-030093-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
There are 16 inscriptions (ME019-030092-) in cursive or uncial lettering engraved on six stones in the E passage of Tomb 1 at Knowth and two similar inscriptions on a single stone in the W tomb. Orthostat 28 in the W tomb has the name ‘Brec’ and ‘oic’ inscribed in majuscule, but this stone also has the name BREQBIOS in ogham (ME019-030089-). (Byrne 2008, 95)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 21 September 2020
References
Byrne, F. J., Jenkins, W., Kenny, G., and C. Swift. 2008 Excavations at Knowth 4: Historical Knowth and its Hinterland. Dublin, Royal Irish Academy
Byrne, F. J. 2008 Chapter 1, Appendix 1.2 The inscriptions in the main passage tomb at Knowth. In Byrne et al. 2008, 89-120.
Nearby in the register
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.