Townleyhall passage grave

Townleyhall Tomb from the air

Side view

Townleyhall passage grave is an Irish chamber tomb around 2 km north of Dowth tomb and part of the megalithic complex of Brú na Bóinne in County Meath.

The site was originally a Neolithic settlement but was abandoned by its occupants, perhaps because it was a temporary site serving the construction project or due to the death of a senior member, and turned into a passage grave. Unlike its more famous neighbours in the Boyne valley, the tomb consists of a single chamber that merges with the entrance passage making it an undifferentiated passage grave.

Townleyhall was excavated by George Eogan in 1962, work which found Carrowkeel ware pottery providing the first indication that Ireland's passage graves were of Neolithic date. Following this many of the other sites in the area were dug, although the methods used at the time would be considered crude by today's standards .

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World Heritage Sites in Ireland

Brú na Bóinne	Dowth Knowth Newgrange Monknewton Newgrange cursus Townleyhall passage grave

Others	Skellig Michael

Tentative list	The Burren The Historic City of Dublin The Céide Fields and North West Mayo Boglands Western Stone Forts The Monastic City of Clonmacnoise and its Cultural Landscape Early Medieval Monastic Sites (Clonmacnoise, Durrow, Glendalough, Inis Cealtra, Kells, and Monasterboice) The Royal Sites of Ireland: (Cashel, Dún Ailinne, the Hill of Uisneach, the Rathcroghan Complex, and the Tara Complex)

Coordinates: 53°43′16″N 6°27′05″W / 53.721150°N 6.451253°W / 53.721150; -6.451253

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