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.Photo: William Ellison, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Neolithic passage tomb located in the Boyne Valley, County Meath, Ireland
- Also known as: “Dowth Passage Tomb”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Newgrange and Brú na Bóinne Visitors Centre.
Newgrange
Photo: Tjp finn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Newgrange is a prehistoric monument in County Meath in Ireland, placed on a rise overlooking the River Boyne, eight kilometres west of the town of Drogheda. Newgrange is situated 2 km southwest of Dowth.
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. Brú na Bóinne Visitors Centre is situated 1¼ km south of Dowth.
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. Townleyhall passage grave is situated 2 km north of Dowth.
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. Donore is situated 2½ km southeast of Dowth.
Obelisk Bridge
Locality
Photo: KevForkan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Obelisk Bridge is a locality, which is situated 3 km northeast of Dowth.
Dowth
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: County Meath, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.70381° or 53° 42′ 14″ northLongitude
-6.45045° or 6° 27′ 2″ westOpen location code
9C5MPG3X+GROpenStreetMap ID
way 264536947OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q1253443
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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 Saint Bernard’s Well and Dowth Hall Passage Tomb.
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