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    Knowth (/ˈnaʊθ/; Irish: Cnóbha) is a prehistoric monument overlooking the River Boyne in County Meath, Ireland. It comprises a large passage tomb surrounded...
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    The site is dominated by the passage tombs of Newgrange (Sí an Bhrú), Knowth (Cnogbha) and Dowth (Dubhadh), built during the 32nd century BC. Together...
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    complex, a World Heritage Site that also includes the passage tombs of Knowth and Dowth, as well as other henges, burial mounds and standing stones. Newgrange...
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    'calendar stone' at Knowth Carved stone balls, Scotland Jade axe, England, c. 3000 BC Chiselled granite basin, Newgrange Stone bowl, Knowth Carved stone from...
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  • ruled by the Uí Chernaig; and Northern Brega, or the Kingdom of Cnogba/Knowth, which was ruled by the Uí Chonaing. Despite this, many kings of Brega ruled...
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    multiple names: authors list (link) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Passage graves. newgrange.com World Heritage IE - Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth...
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    ). "Newgrange Ireland - Megalithic Passage Tomb - World Heritage Site". Knowth.com. 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2013-08-16. Anthony Murphy and Richard Moore...
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    tombs of the Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site, along with Newgrange and Knowth. Its features align it with the other passage tombs, which date from around...
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    The River Boyne and Boyne Valley as seen from the Knowth passage tomb of Brú na Bóinne...
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  • Conghalach Cnoghbha (older spelling: Congalach Cnogba or Congalach mac Máel Mithig) was High King of Ireland, according to the lists in the Annals of the...
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    Michigan State University - Reuse of Cemeteries in Prehistoric Ireland Knowth.com photo of Samhain sunrise at the Mound of Hostages "The Stone Age Mound...
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    possible depictions of the Moon is a 3,000 BCE rock carving Orthostat 47 at Knowth, Ireland. Lunar deities like Nanna/Sin featuring crescents are found since...
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    massive stone carved with a complex design of spirals. The mound at nearby Knowth has large flat rocks with rock engravings on their vertical faces all around...
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    found in the northeast of the country, mostly in the province of Drenthe. Knowth is a passage grave of the Brú na Bóinne neolithic complex in Ireland, dating...
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    historical sites, including the Hill of Tara, Hill of Slane, Newgrange, Knowth, Dowth, Loughcrew, the Abbey of Kells, Trim Castle and Slane Castle. The...
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  • were then painted. Many orthostats were a focus for megalithic art, as at Knowth in Ireland. In the context of classical Greek architecture the term orthostate...
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  • 3200 BCE Burial Partially reconstructed around original passage grave. Knowth Ireland Europe c. 3200 BCE Passage grave A Neolithic passage grave and an...
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    Irish megalithic tombs Creevykeel Court Tomb, a court cairn in County Sligo Knowth, a passage tomb at Brú na Bóinne Poulnabrone dolmen, a portal tomb in The...
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    The oldest known illustration of the Moon was found in a passage grave in Knowth, County Meath, Ireland. The tomb was carbon dated to 3330–2790 BC. Leonardo...
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    Neolithic period onwards, of which the large passage tombs of Newgrange, Knowth, and Dowth are probably the best known. The density of archaeological sites...
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  • at Lagore crannog in County Meath, and then looted the burial chamber at Knowth the following week. Olaf is described as "Lord of the Foreigners" by the...
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  • was particularly known for his work over forty years at Knowth, having been director of the Knowth Research Project. In 1968, he became the first person...
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    (53°44′36″N 7°08′03″W / 53.743299°N 7.134040°W / 53.743299; -7.134040), Knowth, and Dowth in the Boyne Valley. The Cairn T alignment is similar to the...
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  • (died 718), an Irish king of Brega, from the Uí Chonaing sept of Cnogba (Knowth) of the Síl nÁedo Sláine branch of the southern Ui Neill. Amalgaid mac Éndai...
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    Merveilles, France The tribe master, Vallée des Merveilles, France Newgrange Knowth Dowth Loughcrew Tara Clonfinlough Stone Boheh Stone Rock Drawings in Valcamonica...
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    megalithic tombs, and domesticated sheep and cattle. Some of these tombs, as at Knowth and Dowth, are huge stone monuments and many of them, such as the Passage...
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    one of the artifacts discovered in excavations of the Neolithic mound of Knowth in Ireland, and Bronze Age archaeology cites numerous finds of perforated...
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  • stone cones for gaming have been found in sites at Shetland, Scotland and Knowth, Ireland. This is also suggested by Irish legends such as the Echtra Nerai...
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    Celts Origins and Background, Some thoughts on the Celts, Desmond Johnson, Knowth Alan Griffiths, Quiert, Ogham, Academia Ian Campbell Bradley, Argyll:The...
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    in what is now south-eastern France and northern Italy. Finnish Rock Art Knowth Loughcrew Newgrange Neolithic and Bronze Age rock art in the British Isles...
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