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Knock Iveagh
54.2754° N, -6.1854° E
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Knock Iveagh (from Irish Cnoc Uíbh Eachach 'hill of Iveagh') is a hill near Rathfriland, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is topped by an ancient burial cairn and was part of a ritual landscape, associated with the Uí Eachach tribe. In the Middle Ages it was the inauguration site of the Magennis chiefs of Iveagh.
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Pat Collins survey
1957
Scheduled monument protection
1995
UTV broadcast feature
2014
Wind turbine construction
2017
Preliminary archaeological work
2018
Council request to remove turbine
2020
Cairn construction
c. 4000 BC
Archaeological Features
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Burial and Funerary Structures
Religious and Ritual Structures
Environmental and Natural Features
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