Dowth
Dowth is the site of Neolithic passage tombs near the River Boyne in County Meath, Ireland. It is one of the three main tombs of the Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site, along with Newgrange and Knowth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Estate
- Description: Neolithic passage tomb located in the Boyne Valley, County Meath, Ireland
- Also known as: “Dowth Hall”, “Dowth House”, and “Dowth Passage Tomb”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Townleyhall passage grave and Brú na Bóinne Visitors Centre.
Townleyhall passage grave
Archaeological site
Photo: Kieran Campbell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Townleyhall passage grave is a chamber tomb located around 2 km north of Dowth tomb. It is part of the megalithic complex of Brú na Bóinne in County Louth, Ireland. It is located outside the World Heritage Site core area but inside the buffer zone.
Brú na Bóinne Visitors Centre
Tourism office
Brú na Bóinne, also called the Boyne Valley tombs, is an ancient monument complex and ritual landscape in County Meath, Ireland, located in a bend of the River Boyne.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brú Na Bóinne Archaeological Park and Donore.
Brú Na Bóinne Archaeological Park
Photo: Guenni, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brú na Bóinne is a remarkable complex of Neolithic chamber tombs, standing stones, henges and other prehistoric structures. It's by the banks of the River Boyne in County Meath, 40 km north of Dublin and 8 km west of Drogheda.
Donore
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Donore, historically Dunower, is a small village in County Meath, Ireland. It lies near Drogheda on the border between County Meath and County Louth, in the Boyne Valley on the road between Drogheda and the Brú na Bóinne heritage site.
Obelisk Bridge
Locality
Photo: KevForkan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Obelisk Bridge is a locality, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Dowth.
Dowth
- Categories: archaeological site and agriculture
- Location: County Meath, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Dowth” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Dowth”
- Catalan: “Dowth”
- Chinese: “唐思墓”
- Dutch: “Dowth”
- Finnish: “Dowth”
- French: “Dowth”
- Galician: “Dowth”
- German: “Dowth”
- Irish: “Dubhadh”
- Italian: “Dowth”
- Japanese: “ドウス (遺跡)”
- Japanese: “ドウス”
- Manx: “Dowth”
- Manx: “Dubhadh”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dowth”
- Norwegian: “Dowth”
- Persian: “دوث”
- Polish: “Dowth”
- Russian: “Даут”
- Spanish: “Dowth”
- Swedish: “Dowth”
- Turkish: “Dowth”
- Ukrainian: “Даут”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include NewGrange Lodge and Mattock River.
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