In search of the lost 'cromlech' of Knowth: Geophysical investigations in Area 10 of the Knowth Passage Tomb cemetery, Brú na Bóinne, Co. Meath.
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2019Author
Fenwick, Joseph P.
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Fenwick, Joseph P. (2019). In search of the lost 'cromlech' of Knowth: Geophysical investigations in Area 10 of the Knowth Passage Tomb cemetery, Brú na Bóinne, Co. Meath. Ríocht na Midhe, 30, 52-78.
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Abstract
The passage tomb cemetery of Knowth (Fig. 1) is part of the UNESCO Brú na
Bóinne World Heritage Site, Co. Meath. It forms an integral and important
component of what was once a great prehistoric numinous precinct
embraced by a winding loop of the River Boyne between the townlands
of Oldbridge, to the east, and Crewbane, to the west.1
The archaeological
remains at Knowth were first investigated by R.A.S Macalister in 1941,
during which several kerbstones were unearthed, but a more ambitious
I n s e a r c h o f t h e l o s t ‘C r o m l e c h ’ o f K n o w t h 5 3
programme of excavation commenced some twenty-one years later, in
1962, under the direction of George Eogan. This was to continue over the
course of some fifty years and the unfolding results were comprehensively
published as work progressed. More recently, a series of broader-ranging,
collaborative initiatives have continued the momentum of this research to
the present day.2