Brú Na Bóinne Archaeological Park

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 , 40 km north of and 8 km west of .
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  • Type: archaeological site
  • Description: archaeological site
  • Also known as: “Bru na Boinne” and “Brú na Bóinne”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Newgrange and Dowth.

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is a prehistoric monument in in , placed on a rise overlooking the , eight kilometres west of the town of .

Archaeological site
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is the site of Neolithic passage tombs near the in , Ireland. It is one of the three main tombs of the Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site, along with and .

Archaeological site
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is a prehistoric tomb overlooking the in , . It comprises a large passage tomb surrounded by 17 smaller tombs, built during the Neolithic era around 3200 BC.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Slane and Duleek.

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is a village in , with a population of 1400 in 2022. It's 14 km west of Drogheda and is near several historic sites, the top attraction being Brú Na Bóinne Archaeological Park.

Village
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is a small town in , . takes its name from the Irish words daimh and liag, meaning house of stones, referring to an early stone-built church, St.

Village
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, historically Dunower, is a small village in , . It lies near on the border between County Meath and , in the Boyne Valley on the road between Drogheda and the Brú na Bóinne heritage site.

Brú Na Bóinne Archaeological Park

Latitude
53.6928° or 53° 41′ 34″ north
Longitude
-6.4493° or 6° 26′ 58″ west
Open location code
9C5MMHV2+47
Wiki­data ID
Q339489
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Brú Na Bóinne Archaeological Park” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Բրու նա Բոյն”
  • Basque: “Brú na Bóinne”
  • Belarusian: “Бру-на-Бойн”
  • Breton: “Brú na Bóinne”
  • Catalan: “Brú na Bóinne”
  • Chinese: “博因宫”
  • Chinese: “博因宮”
  • Chinese: “博因河曲”
  • Chinese: “博因河河曲考古遗址”
  • Chinese: “博因河谷”
  • Croatian: “Bend of the Boyne”
  • Croatian: “Brú na Bóinne”
  • Czech: “Brú na Bóinne”
  • Dutch: “Archeologisch complex The Bend of the Boyne”
  • Dutch: “Bru na Boinne”
  • Dutch: “Brú na Bóinne”
  • Esperanto: “Brú na Bóinne”
  • Finnish: “Bend of the Boyne”
  • French: “Bru na Boinne”
  • French: “Brú na Bóinne”
  • French: “Ensemble archéologique de la vallée de la Boyne”
  • French: “Parc archéologique de Brú na Bóinne”
  • Galician: “Brú na Bóinne”
  • Galician: “Conxunto Arqueolóxico do Val do Boyne”
  • Georgian: “ბრუ-ნა-ბოინი”
  • German: “Bend of the Boyne”
  • German: “Boyne Valley”
  • German: “Bru na Boinne”
  • German: “Brú na Bóinne”
  • German: “Brug na Boinne”
  • Hebrew: “ברו נא בוין”
  • Hebrew: “דות‘”
  • Hebrew: “נות‘”
  • Hebrew: “ניוגריינג‘”
  • Hebrew: “עמק הבוין”
  • Hungarian: “Brú na Bóinne”
  • Indonesian: “Brú na Bóinne”
  • Irish: “Brú na Bóinne”
  • Italian: “Brú na Bóinne”
  • Italian: “Valle del Boyne”
  • Japanese: “ブルー・ナ・ボーニャ”
  • Japanese: “ボイン渓谷の遺跡群”
  • Korean: “브루 나 보너”
  • Korean: “브루 너 보너”
  • Latvian: “Brūnaboina”
  • Lithuanian: “Bru na Boinas”
  • Maltese: “Bru na Boinne”
  • Maltese: “Brú na Bóinne”
  • Mingrelian: “ბრუ-ნა-ბოინი”
  • Nepali: “ब्रु ना बोइनी”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Brú na Bóinne”
  • Norwegian: “Brú na Bóinne”
  • Persian: “آرامگاه‌های دره بوین”
  • Polish: “Brú na Bóinne”
  • Portuguese: “Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne”
  • Portuguese: “Brú na Bóinne”
  • Portuguese: “Conjunto Arqueológico do Vale do Boyne”
  • Russian: “Бру-на-Бойн”
  • Russian: “Бру-на-Бойне”
  • Serbian: “Бру на Бојн”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Brú na Bóinne”
  • Slovak: “Archeologické nálezisko v údolí rieky Boyne”
  • Slovak: “Brú na Bóinne”
  • Slovenian: “Brú na Bóinne”
  • Spanish: “Bru na Boinne”
  • Spanish: “Bru na Bóinne”
  • Spanish: “Brú na Boinne”
  • Spanish: “Brú na Bóinne”
  • Spanish: “Conjunto arqueologico del valle del Boyne”
  • Spanish: “Conjunto arqueológico del valle del Boyne”
  • Swedish: “Brú na Bóinne”
  • Thai: “บรูนาโบอิน”
  • Turkish: “Brú na Bóinne”
  • Ukrainian: “Бру-на-Бойн”
  • Welsh: “Bru na Boinne”
  • Welsh: “Brú na Bóinne”

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