Home Sweet Home...3000BCE by myrrhluz

Photography • Historical • posted on Jun 19, 2011

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Well, graveyard sweet graveyard, anyway. Though there is evidence of houses on the Knowth site, it seems to have been mostly a place of religious importance. On our second day in Ireland, Leslie and I went to Newgrange and Knowth, both Megalithic passage tombs. Newgrange is the more famous of the two and is extremely impressive, but I preferred Knowth. Knowth has the Great Mound and 18 smaller satellite mounds. Walking between these mounds, there is more of a feeling of being back in time. This was aided by the fact that there were fewer of us tourists at Knowth. The Great Mound was built over 5000 years ago. It has two passages with entrances on opposite sides. The eastern passage (40 metre long) is the longest in length, surviving in all of Europe. Knowth has over 200 stones that are decorated with megalithic art. You can see one in the far right of this picture. There will be more showing up in my gallery in the future. Knowth is located in County Meath, which has more decorated megalithic surfaces than found in all of the rest of Europe, and half of these are found at Knowth. I got this information from www.knowth.com. There is a fascinating article about the discovery of the passages by George Eogan and team, in 1967 and 1968, which can be found here Thanks for viewing and for previous comments and favs!

Comments (40)

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sandra46

6:02PM | Mon, 20 June 2011

SUPERLATIVE IRISH TOUR I LOVE IT

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anianiani

10:20PM | Mon, 20 June 2011

ohh...wowww...i missed the beautiful place...loved lot...excellent...thanks

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mnmpm

5:54AM | Tue, 21 June 2011

Wow !! beautiful place!

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Chipka

9:02PM | Tue, 21 June 2011

This is one of those shots that reminds me of why I like humans so much; although, admittedly, a large number of allegedly contemporary humans makes me wonder if there's any hope for the species: Satre had a lot of something to say about those types of people, labeling them "pessimists" for the manner in which they cling to the idea that things are largely good and thus, largely without the need for change...but that's a rambling half-rant for another day. As I look at this (again: I'd seen it earlier today) I keep trying to articulate what I actually feel when I see it. It's similar to the feeling I got while watching modern-day Czech people (punk rockers, mostly) respectfully, though casually "spilling" their drinks on a particular part of the floor in a 500 year old cellar converted into a rather amazing bar. They were sharing their beer and their wine with the old Jewish guy buried there; I was rather amazed at the nightly ritual of sharing drinks with "that dead guy." Apparently he didn't mind. Anyway, this shot reminds me of that because of the wonderful mix of present and past intermingled so completely. You can't actually perceive where one ends and the other begins. Ancient tombs (now tourist attractions) drawing massive crowds every year! WOW! In a sense, that imparts a wonderful form of 21st Century immortality to the residents of those tombs, and the photograph itself blurs things even more. These look like modern, extremely rustic structures. The grassy roofs aren't that different from the thatch-insulated roofs that dot the European countryside, and these are definitely similar to the houses in Iceland with grassy roofs! These actually look a bit like those Icelandic houses, as shown in back, back, back issues of National Geographic. This is wonderful! A true marvel, and now I'm interested in knowing as much as I can learn about this place and it's native, ancient inhabitants. This is super!

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blondeblurr

9:38PM | Tue, 21 June 2011

You know, there is something so wonderful basic about this image and no wonder, considering the age, a bit borrowed for the 'LOTR' - movie or vice versa ! on the other hand, they are almost like giant mushrooms ... simply fascinating, BB

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emmecielle

3:14PM | Wed, 22 June 2011

Fantastic photo, Lucinda! Thanks for informartions! :)

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npauling

8:26PM | Sat, 25 June 2011

A lovely capture of this very interesting place. Amazing that they have lasted so long. I don't think I would like to take a look in those tunnels though.

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