Knowth
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- Knowth
- 200+ decorated stones, many kerb stones (over 25% of Neolithic art in Europe)
- Spirals, lozenges and serpentiform.
- Also more unusual designs-crescent shapes
- Much on hidden side of stones
- Hidden art?
- Or simply recycled?
- Hidden art?
- Kerbstone K15thought to possibly lunar calendar/sundial.
- Calendar kerbstone-shows awareness of lunar 19 year cycle. (Metonic cycle)
- Lunar stone-5000 year old. Used to calculate lunar month (tropical) synodic month (time for moon to go around earth) and length of year.
- 200+ decorated stones, many kerb stones (over 25% of Neolithic art in Europe)
- Spirals, lozenges and serpentiform.
- Also more unusual designs-crescent shapes
- Much on hidden side of stones
- Hidden art?
- Or simply recycled?
- Hidden art?
- Kerbstone K15thought to possibly lunar calendar/sundial.
- Calendar kerbstone-shows awareness of lunar 19 year cycle. (Metonic cycle)
- Lunar stone-5000 year old. Used to calculate lunar month (tropical) synodic month (time for moon to go around earth) and length of year.
- Orthostat 47 (end of eastern passage) seen as lunar maps (Philip J Stooke)
- Spirals, lozenges and serpentiform.
- 200+ decorated stones, many kerb stones (over 25% of Neolithic art in Europe)
- Orthostat 47 (end of eastern passage) seen as lunar maps (Philip J Stooke)
- Spirals, lozenges and serpentiform.
- Fell into disrepair. Built upon in early christian/late Iron Age period. Some Christian graffiti.
- Used as hill fort
- Also fell into the hand of monks
- 35 cist burials also associated-celtic
- Time of Christ became burial location. 35 burials, largely women
- 2 burials are young men. Had gaming pieces with them.
- Used as hill fort
- Largest passage tomb of the complex.
- Large mound and 18 satellite tombs.
- Mound is 12m in height
- Covers roughly a hectare.
- Estimated to 2500-2000BC
- Roughly circular-80m E-W, 95m N-S
- 127 kerb stones (3 now missing, 4 badly damaged)
- Large mound and 18 satellite tombs.
- Mound is 12m in height
- Covers roughly a hectare.
- Estimated to 2500-2000BC
- Roughly circular-80m E-W, 95m N-S
- 127 kerb stones (3 now missing, 4 badly damaged)
- Mound is 12m in height
- Large mound and 18 satellite tombs.
- Mound is 12m in height
- Two passages on east-west line
- Eastern passage is cruciform
- Similar to Newgrange
- Right side recess larger, more elaborately decorated
- Curved deign of basin, same as passage stones
- Timber circle near to entrance-grooved ware
- Votive offerings found
- Right side recess larger, more elaborately decorated
- 40m long
- Similar to Newgrange
- Main chambers only metres apart
- Independent of each other
- Western passage is undifferentiated
- 34m long
- Chamber has flat rather than corbelled roof
- Chamber separated from passage by sillstone
- Appeared to contain stone basin-moved to two thirds of the way down passage
- Celestial alignments-equinoxes?
- Could celebrate sunrise and sunsets of equinoxes
- Similar to solstice purpose of Dowth and Newgrange
- No longer apparent due to damage etc.
- Could celebrate sunrise and sunsets of equinoxes
- Eastern passage is cruciform
- Art of Knowth and Dowth appears less 'formal' than Newgrange
- One of the stone basin's was elaborately decorated.
- Flint mace head also found-carefully carved again
- Evidence of this being a royal/elite burial site?
- Flint mace head also found-carefully carved again
- Small structure outside entrances to one of the passages
- 'Priest' stand. Stood there and delivered speeches?
- 200+ decorated stones, many kerb stones (over 25% of Neolithic art in Europe)
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