Bend of the Boyne

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Bend of the Boyne is a prehistoric archaeological complex in County Meath, Ireland, renowned for its Neolithic passage tombs such as Newgrange, Knowth, and Dowth.

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Bend of the Boyne canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World Heritage Site ⓘ
cultural landscape ⓘ
prehistoric archaeological complex ⓘ
associatedWithCulture Megalithic culture of Atlantic Europe ⓘ
Neolithic farming communities ⓘ
bufferZoneArea about 2600 hectares ⓘ
contains Brú na Bóinne passage tomb cemetery ⓘ
Dowth ⓘ
Knowth ⓘ
Neolithic passage tombs ⓘ
Newgrange ⓘ
enclosures ⓘ
field systems ⓘ
henges ⓘ
pit circles ⓘ
settlement remains ⓘ
standing stones ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
earliestConstructionDate c. 3800 BCE ⓘ
function astronomical observation site ⓘ
ritual and funerary complex ⓘ
hasArea about 780 hectares ⓘ
hasArtStyle spirals and geometric motifs carved in stone ⓘ
hasInscriptionLanguage none (prehistoric, non‑literate society) ⓘ
hasManagementAuthority Office of Public Works ⓘ
hasPart Dowth passage tomb ⓘ
linked to: Dowth

Knowth passage tomb complex ⓘ
linked to: Knowth

Newgrange passage tomb ⓘ
linked to: Newgrange
hasVisitorCentre Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Monument of Ireland ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
knownFor megalithic art ⓘ
passage tomb architecture ⓘ
winter solstice alignment at Newgrange ⓘ
locatedIn County Meath ⓘ
locatedOnRiver River Boyne ⓘ
mainConstructionDate c. 3200 BCE ⓘ
nearestTown Drogheda ⓘ
olderThan Great Pyramid of Giza ⓘ
Stonehenge ⓘ
partOf Irish prehistoric monument tradition ⓘ
period Neolithic ⓘ
province Leinster ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteCategory cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteCriteria (i) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName Brú na Bóinne – Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1993 ⓘ

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