Knowth Kerbstone 27
Knowth Kerbstone K27
Description of Kerbstone 27
Greywacke Stone.
The surface of the stone is damaged, particularly at the top-left, with consequent loss of some carving. There is no clear sequence or over-lying of carvings, but the small spiral near the centre of the stone is much more finely picked than the rest of the carvings and might be earlier. The rest of the motifs were created by picking the surface very sharply with a medium-sized, rounded point that created angular picking scars.
The main motif is a circle, which occupies most of the stone and encloses two smaller irregular circles and the little spiral. This is enclosed on the right by a series of four arcs. Below it to the left are two large, concentric semi-circles, and a straight line runs up from these towards the top-left of the stone. There are a number of dispersed pickmarks on the stone.
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Knowth Megalithic Passage Tomb
Knowth is a Stone Age Passage Tomb in the Boyne Valley in Ireland's Ancient East and together with Newgrange and Dowth are the principal sites of Brú na Bóinne UNESCO World Heritage Site. Knowth is the largest passage tomb of the Brú na Bóinne complex. The main mound is about 12 metres (40 ft) high and its kerb defines an oval footprint measuring roughly 95 metres (312 ft) by 80 metres (262 ft), enclosing an area of about 0.6 hectares (1.5 acres). It contains two passages placed along an east-west line and was originally encircled by 127 kerbstones, of which 124 are still in place.
