Скачать или смотреть Fourknocks - a 5000 year old tomb that doesn't draw the crowds

Fourknocks is a passage tomb built around 5000 years ago that is located about 15km miles southeast of Newgrange between Ardcath in County Meath and the Naul in County Dublin.

The structure is very different from Newgrange as although the mound is a lot smaller the central chamber is bigger and never had a stone roof, it was either open to the sky or more likely had some sort of hide roof.

The concrete roof was constructed in 1952 at the end of the excavation that followed its 'discover' - a visitor to Newgrange mentioned a relative had similar mounds on their farm!. The excavation found cremated fragments of some 65 burials well as pottery, pendants and beads.

The tomb is locked but you can pick a key up from a local who lives a little over 1km away.