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Knowth before Knowth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

George Eogan
George Eogan*
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59 Brighton Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6, Ireland
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Abstract

Recent research at the great Irish passage tomb of Knowth has revealed new decorated stones, which were apparently recycled from an earlier tomb. Here, George Eogan describes the finds and discusses the implication of an early phase of tomb building pre-dating the major passage tombs of the Boyne Valley.

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Antiquity , Volume 72 , Issue 275 , March 1998 , pp. 162 - 172
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1998

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