Dowth
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Dowth is a prehistoric Neolithic passage tomb in the Brú na Bóinne complex in County Meath, Ireland, known for its ancient burial chambers and megalithic art.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dowth canonical | 22 |
| Dowth passage tomb | 4 |
| Dowth, County Meath, Ireland | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2948358 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dowth Context triple: [River Boyne, locatedNear, Dowth]
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A.
Knowth
Knowth is a major Neolithic passage tomb and archaeological complex in Ireland’s Brú na Bóinne UNESCO World Heritage Site, renowned for its megalithic art and prehistoric burial mounds.
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B.
Swords Round Tower
Swords Round Tower is a medieval Irish round tower and historic landmark located in the town of Swords in County Dublin.
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C.
Newgrange
Newgrange is a prehistoric Neolithic passage tomb in County Meath, Ireland, renowned for its massive circular mound, megalithic art, and precise alignment with the winter solstice sunrise.
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D.
Ráth Cairn Gaeltacht
Ráth Cairn Gaeltacht is a small Irish-speaking community in County Meath, Ireland, recognized for its role in preserving and promoting the Irish language and traditional culture outside the main Gaeltacht heartlands.
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E.
Inchmurrin
Inchmurrin is the largest island on Loch Lomond in Scotland, known for its scenic landscapes and historical ruins.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dowth Target entity description: Dowth is a prehistoric Neolithic passage tomb in the Brú na Bóinne complex in County Meath, Ireland, known for its ancient burial chambers and megalithic art.
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A.
Knowth
Knowth is a major Neolithic passage tomb and archaeological complex in Ireland’s Brú na Bóinne UNESCO World Heritage Site, renowned for its megalithic art and prehistoric burial mounds.
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B.
Swords Round Tower
Swords Round Tower is a medieval Irish round tower and historic landmark located in the town of Swords in County Dublin.
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C.
Newgrange
Newgrange is a prehistoric Neolithic passage tomb in County Meath, Ireland, renowned for its massive circular mound, megalithic art, and precise alignment with the winter solstice sunrise.
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D.
Ráth Cairn Gaeltacht
Ráth Cairn Gaeltacht is a small Irish-speaking community in County Meath, Ireland, recognized for its role in preserving and promoting the Irish language and traditional culture outside the main Gaeltacht heartlands.
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E.
Inchmurrin
Inchmurrin is the largest island on Loch Lomond in Scotland, known for its scenic landscapes and historical ruins.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Neolithic monument
ⓘ
megalithic tomb ⓘ passage tomb ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Irish mythology
ⓘ
solar events ⓘ |
| country | Ireland ⓘ |
| culture | Neolithic Ireland ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | antiquarians in the 19th century ⓘ |
| epoch | Neolithic ⓘ |
| etymology | from Irish meaning ‘darkness’ ⓘ |
| excavatedIn | 19th century ⓘ |
| hasAccess | restricted public access ⓘ |
| hasArtMotif |
chevrons
ⓘ
concentric circles ⓘ radial designs ⓘ spirals ⓘ |
| hasArtStyle | megalithic art ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
burial chambers
ⓘ
chambers ⓘ earthen mound ⓘ kerbstones ⓘ megalithic art ⓘ orthostats ⓘ passage ⓘ stone carvings ⓘ stone passageways ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
burial site
ⓘ
ritual site ⓘ |
| hasLocalName | Dubhadh ⓘ |
| hasMaterial |
earth
ⓘ
stone ⓘ |
| hasOrientation | solar alignment ⓘ |
| hasResearchField |
archaeology
ⓘ
prehistoric studies ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Brú na Bóinne ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Boyne Valley Neolithic cemetery ⓘ |
| legalProtection | National Monument of Ireland ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brú na Bóinne
ⓘ
linked to:
Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site
County Meath ⓘ Ireland ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Knowth
ⓘ
Newgrange ⓘ |
| partOf |
Brú na Bóinne complex
ⓘ
linked to:
Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site
|
| period | Late Neolithic ⓘ |
| protectedBy | Irish state ⓘ |
| region | Boyne Valley ⓘ |
| tourismType | cultural tourism ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSite |
Brú na Bóinne – Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne
ⓘ
linked to:
Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Dowth Description of subject: Dowth is a prehistoric Neolithic passage tomb in the Brú na Bóinne complex in County Meath, Ireland, known for its ancient burial chambers and megalithic art.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Dowth
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subject linked to:
John
linked to: Dowth