Knowth
A necropolis of grassy mounds around one grand passage tomb from about 3300 BC, older than Egypt's pyramids and Stonehenge.
Knowth appears in 1 of the 16 Dublin vlogs we indexed, from 2014.
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- Rick Steves' Europe
Dublin and Mystical Side Trips
Its two passages face east and west, so equinox sunlight shines in and lights the central chamber.
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