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Images of Dowth megalithic passage tomb

Dowth is one of the three great Neolithic passage tombs of Brú na Bóinne in County Meath. These photographs show the mound from the air, the southern entrance and passage, and kerbstone K51 with its well known solar carvings.

Aerial view of Dowth passage tomb mound with a cratered summit, set in green fields beside trees and hedgerows. Dowth megalithic passage tomb mound, Ireland's Ancient East.
Aerial view of Dowth mound with a central depression, beside Glebe House, a tennis court and evergreen trees. Dowth mound and Glebe House.
Aerial view of Dowth circular grassy mound with a cratered top, fields and hedgerows beyond. Aerial view of Dowth megalithic passage tomb.
South entrance of Dowth set into a grassy mound, with a metal grille and a weathered kerbstone in the foreground. Entrance to the southernmost chamber at Dowth megalithic passage tomb.
Interior of Dowth south passage lined with orthostats and lintels, leading into a dark chamber. Passage of the southernmost chamber, illuminated by the setting sun near the winter solstice.
Close-up of two circular sunburst carvings on Dowth kerbstone K51, cut into weathered brown-grey stone. Solar motif on Dowth kerbstone K51.
Dowth kerbstone 51, the Stone of the Seven Suns, with several radiating circular carvings along its face in tall grass. Dowth kerbstone 51, the Stone of the Seven Suns. Photo by Tom Quinn Kumpf, author of Ireland: Standing Stones to Stormont.

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