Knowth Eastern Passage

Knowth Eastern Passage
Knowth Eastern Passage leads to a cruciform chamber with a magnificent corbelled roof

Knowth eastern chamber
Corbelled roof of the eastern chamber at Knowth

Knowth eastern chamber
Megalithic Art inside the eastern chamber at Knowth

Knowth basin stone
Basin stone inside the eastern chamber at Knowth

Knowth - Eastern Chamber
Knowth Eastern Chamber

Laser scan of Knowth passage tomb


Laser scan of Knowth passage tomb

Knowth Eastern Passage and Chamber

The eastern passage and chamber inside the great mound at Knowth is cruciform (cross-shaped) like the passage and chamber at Newgrange. The passage is 40 metres long, over double the length of the Newgrange passage.

The basin stone is in the right recess of the chamber, orthostat 54 the stone at the back of the recess is richly engraved with symbols. The Eastern passage and chamber was re-discovered in 1968 by the archaeologist George Eogan.

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