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Townleyhall passage grave

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Type
  
Periods
  
Criteria
  
i, iii, iv

Region
  
Designated as world heritage site
  
1993 (17th session)

Part of
  
Type
  
Cultural

Province
  
Leinster

Period
  
Townleyhall passage grave

Location
  
valley of the River Boyne

Address
  
Littlegrange, Co. Louth, Ireland

Similar
  
Dowth, Knowth, Dún Ailinne, Abbey of Kells, Brú na Bóinne

Townleyhall passage grave is a chamber tomb located around 2 km north of Dowth tomb. It is part of the megalithic complex of Brú na Bóinne in County Louth, Ireland.

It is located outside the World Heritage Site core area but (just) inside the buffer zone.

The site was originally a Neolithic settlement but was abandoned by its occupants, perhaps because it was a temporary site serving the construction project or due to the death of a senior member, and turned into a passage grave. Unlike its more famous neighbours in the Boyne valley, the tomb consists of a single chamber that merges with the entrance passage making it an undifferentiated passage grave.

Townleyhall was excavated by George Eogan in 1962, work which found Carrowkeel ware pottery providing the first indication that Ireland's passage graves were of Neolithic date. Following this many of the other sites in the area were dug, although the methods used at the time would be considered crude by today's standards .

References

Townleyhall passage grave Wikipedia


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