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Knowth - Secrets from the grave

Photographs: David Sleator, The Irish Times 2008
George Eogan in a tweed jacket among timber posts of the Knowth woodhenge reconstruction under a cloudy sky Prof. George Eogan at Knowth World Heritage Site
Aerial view of two grass-covered satellite mounds at Knowth, kerbstones at the base of the larger mound Knowth Satellite Mounds
Knowth satellite mound with quartz cobble paving, stone entrance and Kerbstone 32 in the foreground Knowth Satellite Mounds
Knowth Kerbstone 15 with nested concentric arcs carved across its weathered face, grass at the base Knowth Kerbstone | One of 127 large stones that encircle the base of the mound

Nearly 50 years ago, archaeologists began excavating at Knowth and the site has yet to give up all its secrets.

'The first day we went in, we went up the passage. When we got in towards the end, the passage became difficult, but there seemed to be a void at the top and I crawled up with a flashlight and walked until I came to the end of the passage. I flashed the lamp around and saw this massive void. Main Article...

Historical Knowth and its Hinterland, edited by FJ Byrne, William Jenkins, Gillian Kenny and Catherine Swift, with an introduction by George Eogan, is volume four in the Excavations at Knowth series. Published by the Royal Irish Academy in association with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

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