Description
This day trip is part of the 4 day exploration of the Boyne Valley which is this year’s annual outing of the Society. Each day is priced at €20. A special price of €15 per day is available if you book on line and if you book all four days a discount will be applied at the checkout which reduces the cost to €50 per person. These reduced prices are only available to members who book through the web site.
Members should arrange to share cars for this trip and those who can offer lifts should indicate this by giving their name, number of places and a contact phone no when booking (in the Order Notes box). The details will be circulated to other booked members.
Day trip to visit Loughcrew and Fourknocks with Anthony Murphy
From Wikipedia:
Fourknocks Passage Tomb dates to 3000–2500 BC.
It was unknown to archaeology until 1949, when a woman making a visit to Newgrange mentioned, “there are mounds like this on my uncle’s farm.” It is not marked on any of the old Ordnance Survey maps. It was first excavated from 1950-1952 by PJ Hartnett. He found cists, grave goods including a foot bowl and a carved antler pin, urns containing cremated remains and a posthole. Unlike other passage graves, the tomb at Fourknocks is not believed to have been covered over with stones. A wooden pole may have held up a wooden or animal-skin roof.
Loughcrew or Lough Crew (Irish: Loch Craobh, meaning ‘lake of the tree’) is an area of historical importance near Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland. 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. The hills and tombs are together known as Slieve na Calliagh (Sliabh na Caillí)[1] and are the highest point in Meath. It is one of the four main passage tomb cemeteries in Ireland and is a protected National Monument. The area is also home to the Loughcrew Estate, from which it is named.
