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County Meath

Loughcrew

Loughcrew or Lough Crew is an area of historical importance near , , . It is home to a group of ancient tombs from the 4th millennium BC, some decorated with rare megalithic art, which sit on top of a range of hills.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Loughcrew Cairns” and “Loughcrew Megalithic Tombs”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Slieve na Calliagh.

Peak
Photo: Bill Griffiths, CC BY-SA 2.0.
are a range of hills and ancient burial site near , , Ireland. The summit is 276 metres, the highest point in the county.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Drumone and Oldcastle.

Locality
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village and townland in western , . townland is within the civil parish of . The local Catholic church is dedicated to St. is situated 4 km southwest of Loughcrew.

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is a town in in central Ireland, with a population in 2022 of 1400. The reason to visit is the collection of prehistoric tombs at Loughcrew Cairns, which are as fine as those at better-known Newgrange but even older, and without the tourist hordes.

Village
or Crossakeel is a village in , . It is situated in the north-west of the county, at the junction of the R154 and the L2801, approximately 13 km south of and 12 km north of . is situated 7 km southeast of Loughcrew.

Loughcrew

Latitude
53.7446° or 53° 44′ 41″ north
Longitude
-7.11195° or 7° 6′ 43″ west
Operator
Office of Public Works
Open location code
9C5JPVVQ+R6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 61742833
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q202563
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Loughcrew” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Loughcrew”
  • Catalan: “Loughcrew”
  • Dutch: “Loughcrew”
  • French: “Loughcrew”
  • German: “Loughcrew”
  • Irish: “Loch Craobh”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Loughcrew”
  • Polish: “Loughcrew”
  • Russian: “Лох-Крю”
  • Spanish: “Loughcrew”
  • Ukrainian: “Лох-Крю”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cairn T and Cairn V.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Loughcrew”. Photo: Haydn.hammerton, CC BY-SA 4.0.