Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
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
- 53.70073, -6.48923
- SMR number
- ME019-105----
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
Archaeological survey E of Knowth Passage tomb complex (ME019-030----) revealed a multiple–elliptical enclosure defined by a external fosse (dims. 63m N-S by 70m E-W) and an inner fosse (dims. 39m by 45m). There is a gap in the eastern sector. It encloses an eccentrically placed circular feature 22m in diameter. This enigmatic enclosure has been variously interpreted as, a large bivallate ringfort, concentric circle, or henge (Fenwick 2012).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 30 January 2012
References
Fenwick, J. 2012 A report on the archaeological survey of Area 10, Knowth National Monument Complex (ME019-030----) Brú na Bóinne UNESCO World Heritage Site, Slane, Co. Meath. The Brugh na Bóinne Research Project, unpublished report.
Nearby in the register
- Kilnunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.