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Knock Iveagh

Neolithic burial cairn in County Down, Northern Ireland

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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.

Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
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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

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Burial and Funerary Structures

TombsGraves
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Religious and Ritual Structures

Ceremonial Platforms
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Environmental and Natural Features

Artificial Mounds
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United Kingdom

Coordinates

54.28° N, -6.19° E