Royal Mound 9

Welcome to Brú na Bóinne, one of Ireland's most sacred and historically resonant cultural landscapes. Situated in County Meath along a dramatic U-shaped bend of the River Boyne near its confluence with the River Mattock, this…

The decision to strictly restrict daily visitor numbers and permit entry exclusively through mandatory guided tours was implemented as an essential measure to prevent irreparable atmospheric damage to five-thousand-year-old…

A single legal prosecution resulting from the deliberate defacement of a chamber stone in the late nineteenth century became the decisive historic catalyst that brought this colossal ancient mound into official state…

This single hillside site contains the largest and most complex concentration of carved prehistoric megalithic art found anywhere in Western Europe. Look directly at the massive central mound known as Site 1 at Knowth, along with…

Long before medieval castles rose along the riverbanks, prehistoric communities built massive timber circles and earth amphitheatres across this plain to serve as sacred venues for major public assemblies and seasonal rituals.…

Beneath the serene beauty of this green river valley lies the historic ground of a major battle fought in 1690, as well as a line of reinforced concrete pillboxes constructed during World War Two. Look directly across the…

Our audio guide tour through the sacred and deeply historic landscape of Brú na Bóinne has now come to a close. As we reflect upon our journey among the monumental passage mounds of Newgrange, Knowth, and Dowth, and along the…