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	Dowth Megalithic Passage Tomb - Boyne Valley, Ireland
		Dowth the Fairy Mound of Darkness is about the same size as Newgrange and Knowth and was built in the same period over 5000 years ago.
		The Dowth North passage is 14 metres in length; the chamber is cruciform in shape with an annex off the right hand recess, the chamber roof is corbelled and is 3 metres high.
		Dowth South is aligned to the setting sun of the winter solstice; the setting sun illuminates the passage and chamber from about 2pm to 4pm on the days around the winter solstice.
	www.knowth.com /dowth.htm (631 words)

	Dowth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne
		Dowth (Irish: Dubhadh) is a Neolithic passage tomb which stands in the Boyne Valley, Co Meath, Ireland.
		At the entrance to the passage of the cruciform tomb is an early medieval souterrain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dowth (451 words)

	HWH 22 progetto Herstell (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Dowth the Fairy Mound of Darkness is about the same size as Newgrange and Knowth and was built in the same period over 5000 years ago.
		The Dowth North passage is 14 metres in length; the chamber is cruciform in shape with an annex off the right hand recess, the chamber roof is corbelled and is 3 metres high.
		Dowth South is aligned to the setting sun of the winter solstice; the setting sun illuminates the passage and chamber from about 2pm to 4pm on the days around the winter solstice.
	www.hwh22.it /xit/S05_news/archivi/2004/settembre/01a.html (472 words)

	Dowth megalithic passage tomb in the Boyne Valley
		Dowth megalithic passage tomb in the Boyne Valley
		Inside Dowth's northern chamber, which features some stunning astronomical art, and was probably aligned on the setting Moon at minor standstill.
		Dowth entrance - the entrance to the southern chamber.
	www.mythicalireland.com /ancientsites/dowth/index.html (292 words)

	Dowth (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Dowth is the oldest of the Passage Tombs of the Boyne Valley (Bru na Boinne).
		Dowth has two tombs, the entrance to the main tomb is on the Western perimeter and the passage is approximately 27 feet long, leading to a cruciform chamber.
		Situated: Dowth is situated in the Bru na Boinne cemetery approx one and a half miles North East of Newgrange, 5 miles east of Slane,
	indigo.ie /~jdem/Dowth.htm (136 words)

	Dowth
		Dowth is the least visited of the Passage Tombs of the Boyne Valley Complex (Bru na Boinne) it is not part of the tour from the Bru na Boinne visitor centre.
		Dowth is similar in size to the two other great passage tombs of this megalithic complex, Newgrange and Knowth.
		Dowth has two tombs, the entrance to these tombs are both situated on the Western perimeter, the largest of these tombs, Dowth North has a passage approximately 27 feet long, leading to a cruciform chamber.
	www.megalithicireland.com /Dowth.htm (367 words)

	Dowth Passage Tombs
		Dowth is approximately 2.5 to 3 km down this road on the left, just past the very Victorian-looking Netterville House and Dowth Castle.
		Dowth can be recognized in pictures and from a distance by the prominent tree on the west side of the mound.
		In the late 18th century, a teahouse was built on the summit of the mound by the sixth Viscount, Sir John Netterville, hereditary owner of Dowth Castle.
	www.ancientireland.org /dowth/index.htm (749 words)

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		Dowth contains a tomb passage that is aligned with sunset on the winter solstice.
		Unlike Knowth and Dowth, the earthen mound of Newgrange—or "Brugh-na-boinne," as it is known locally—is enclosed all around by a vertical wall of white quartz (reconstructed by the archaeologist Michael O’Kelly), making it a striking structure by any account.
		Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth were built by people who had no written language, and so had no means of communicating to us their reasons for putting such effort into these particular tombs.
	www.planetquest.org /learn/newgrange.html (944 words)

	Safeguard Omniangels Ireland Dowth
		The Sacred Site of the Ireland Dowth Safeguard Omniangels is Dowth, a megalithic Sacred Mound, was located on the north bank of the Boyne river, a couple of miles from the Slane to Drogheda road on the west end of a long ridge two kilometres east of Newgrange in County Meath, Ireland.
		Dowth North had an eight metre passage that lead to a cruciform orthostat chamber with three recesses symbolizing Triplication.
		Dowth South passage, which had a right hand recess with Celtic sun wheel talisman engravings, had a three and half metre long passage with a collapsed corbelled vault roof that was replaced by a concrete one and a circular chamber.
	www.blessingscornucopia.com /Angels_Angelic_Orders_Safeguard_Omniangels_Ireland_Dowth.htm (886 words)

	Ley Lines
		Dowth has two passages of which one is clearly aligned to Newgrange.
		From R21 in the interior of Newgrange the standing stones are placed in alignment with Knowth and Dowth and in case this could be construed as accidental the builders have re-affirmed the alignments by extending the lines to standing stones on the other side of the mound leaving no doubt as to their intentions.
		This also demonstrates that the standing stones were positioned before the mound was built and that R21 was a standing stone before it became incorporated in the passage of the mound.
	www.leyhunter.com /archives/arch20.htm (956 words)

	The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map: Dowth Passage Grave
		At the entrance to the passage of the cruciform tomb is an early mediæval souterrain.
		Dowth Kerbstone with four carved "Sundials" at the East of the Cairn.
		Dowth is the only one of the three major Brú na Bóinne mounds which has not been excavated in recent times.
	www.megalithic.co.uk /article.php?sid=65 (1032 words)

	Brú na Bóinne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The majority of the monuments are concentrated on the north side of the river.
		The most well-known sites within Brú na Bóinne are the impressive passage graves of Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth all famous for their significant collections of megalithic art.
		Newgrange and Dowth have Winter Solstice solar alignments, while it is claimed Knowth has an Equinox solar alignment.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Br%C3%BA_na_B%C3%B3inne (495 words)

	The Boyne Valley and Newgrange, Eire
		Its sister sites, Knowth and Dowth were also used as alignment monuments and calendars: Knowth is aligned to the Vernal and Autumnal Equinoxes while Dowth is aligned to the mid-summer sunrise - thus giving an accurate reckoning of the four sun-markers of the year.
		Dowth is also called Sidhe Breasil after the druid of that name who attempted to build a tower to heaven.
		The sister remarked,' Dubud (Darkness) shall be the name of that place forever.' Dowth, being aligned to the midsummer-sunrise is thus significantly associated with darkness, for midsummer marks the failing of the light towards winter.
	www.druidry.org /obod/sacred_sites/boyne.html (586 words)

	Welcome to Brighid's Hearth -- Cat and Aislinn McEarchern's Home!
		Since we had been led to believe that Dowth was closed to all visitors, we nearly didn't go, but then decided, "what the hey, let's peer through the fence".
		Dowth isn't nearly as impressive as the other passage tombs, Newgrange and Knowth, in the area.
		Dowth also has not ever been reconstructed like the other two and shows the condition that the mounds come to after 5,000 years of neglect.
	www.brighidshearth.com /hearth/adventures/ireland_day7.html (278 words)

	Dowth
		Dowth, a megalithic Sacred Mound, was located on the north bank of the Boyne river, a couple of miles from the Slane to Drogheda road on the west end of a long ridge two kilometres east of Newgrange in County Meath, Ireland.
		In the Dindshenchas, the Storytellers tell a tale about how the ancient place name for Dowth was derived around 3000 BCE during the Spring Equinox and the astrological sign of Taurus when there was a heliacal rising of the Pleiadian stars located in the constellation of Taurus.
		Dowth is a Sacred Site focal point of Hierarch Aengus of the Third Ray of Harmonics Restoration, his soulmate wife Hierarch Caer, also a Hierarch of the Third Ray, and a group of Safeguard Omniangels, the Ireland Dowth Safeguard Omniangels and a group of Virtue Omniangels, the Ireland Dowth Virtue Omniangels.
	www.blessingscornucopia.com /Earth_Mysteries_Henges_Megaliths_Mounds_Stone_Circles_Sacred_Sites_Dowth.htm (1993 words)

	Newgrange Gillies Macbain
		Dowth was traditionally held to have been built by the druid Bres and means "darkness" in Irish.
		So the number of kerb stones at Knowth is either one of the greatest coincidences of all time or it indicates beyond doubt a detailed knowledge of the moon, and an understanding of the circling of the stars.
		If Dowth is the first mound, watching the 18.6 year cycle of the eclipses — and Knowth is the second, watching the 19 years coincidence of sun and moon, what else is there to track?
	www.aislingmagazine.com /aislingmagazine/articles/TAM28/Newgrange.html (1920 words)

	Discover dowth excavation pictures and excavator attachments here. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		There are two passages at Dowth, which is about the same age as Newgrange...
		Dowth damaged: An 1849 RIA excavation caused major damage to the mound.
		A previous landowner at Dowth dynamited it for roadfill.
	www.excavatorequipmentcenter.com /dowth-excavation-pictures.html (285 words)

	The Irish News info Ireland edition: travel ireland Meath (Site not responding. Last check: )
		While being shuttlebussed to the sites with other tourists takes away from the visual awe of finding these massive circular tombs in the middle of rolling fields looking down on the Boyne River, the tours are informative and you get a chance to have a good look inside the Newgrange tomb in small groups.
		Knowth and Dowth - The Knowth and Dowth passage tombs are on the same scale as Newgrange, close by.
		Dowth is still obscured by hundreds of years of tree and plant growth which had also obscured the Newgrange and Knowth mounds before they were discovered.
	www.irishnews.com /tourism/meath2.html (867 words)

	Knowth & Newgrange Ireland, Tara and other Ancient Ireland sites.
		The Megalithic Passage Tombs of Newgrange, Knowth, Dowth, Fourknocks, Loughcrew and Tara are located in the present day County of Meath on the east coast of Ireland.
		The Boyne Valley Mounds at Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth were built around 3200BC making them older than Stonehenge in England and the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt.
		Dowth is the only one of the three large Brú na Bóinne Passage Tombs which is not accessible from the Visitor Centre situated on the south bank of the river.
	www.knowth.com (652 words)

	stonelight.ie - 'Dowth Castle' where East and West meet.
		The mansion in question is Dowth Castle, formerly known as Netterville House, which was built a little over a century ago on the grounds of the original Dowth Castle, a 12th century fortress, supposedly built by Hugh de Lacy in his effort to maintain the Pale as a Saxon domain.
		Ireland was next on the itinerary and seven years later Martin is still here involved in a venture to open Dowth Castle as a workshop promoting health, happiness, natural living and self development.
		Louise Randolph, part owner of Dowth Castle in the kitchen preparing some of the health foods, the preparation of which forms part of the week-end courses which are held at the castle.
	www.stonelight.ie /archive/arch30.html (702 words)

	Dowth \| The Modern Antiquarian \| Dowth (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Dowth I is the main twin passaged mound that everyone mentions.
		Dowth II is the tomb in the grounds of Dowth House to the east.
		Dowth was extensively excavated (and damaged) during excavations by the Royal Irish Academy in the 1840s.
	www.themodernantiquarian.com /site/896 (504 words)

	Stones of Ireland - Dowth passage tomb
		This site has suffered generations of abuse, more than half the original mound is gone, the stone having been taken for road-making and building materials.
		The Annals of Tighernach tell of Dowth being plundered and burnt in 1059, with a record in the Annals of the Four Masters of three great early battles at Dowth, and a later burning in 1170.
		In the last century, a house was built on the summit of the mound.
	www.stonepages.com /ireland/dowth.html (366 words)

	Dowth,Archaeological in Meath. Find all Meath Travel and Tourist information in Ireland
		Dowth is the third of the great passage graves in the royal cemetery at Bru na Boinne.
		Dowth contains two modest passages, both situated in the western part of the mound and located about 20 metres apart.
		The name Dowth is a derivative of the old Gaelic Dubad, meaning darkness.
	www.goireland.com /scripts/low/Premises.asp?PremisesID=11993 (399 words)

	Beautiful Neolithic carvings
		It is kerbstone 51, located on the eastern side of the great kerb around the cairn of Dowth, and its significance as an astronomical stone has never been doubted.
		It is to mythology, and particularly the ancient story about how Dowth was built, which reveals an ancient astronomical symbolism which may help to explain something about the meaning of the 'Place of Darkness'.
		This constellation was very important around the year 3000BC, when the Boyne Valley mounds were being constructed, as it contained the Sun on the Spring Equinox, that very important moment of the year when the Sun's path along the ecliptic crossed the celestial equator heading northwards.
	www.ancientx.com /nm/anmviewer.asp?a=46&z=1 (815 words)

	Newgrange
		The Boyne Valley Mounds at Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth were built around 3200BC making them older than Stonehenge in England and the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt.
		Irish Passage Tombs tend to occur in clusters traditionally described as a Necropolis or Cemetery.
		Dowth is the only one of the three large Brú na Bóinne Passage Tombs which is not accessible from the Visitor Centre situated on the south bank of the river.
	homepage.eircom.net /~dowdstownhouse/newgrange.htm (506 words)

	H2G2 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Dowth is the least well known of the three passage tombs.
		The southern one is said to be aligned with the position of the Sun at sunset on the Winter Solstice.
		Dowth also contains a far more recent tunnel from the Early Christian Era, which was added as a hiding place for monks in times of invasion.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/pda/A647912?s_id=4 (131 words)

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		Dowth was built over 5000 years ago during the same period as both Newgrange and Knowth.
		Both tombs are on the western side of the mound, they are referred to as Dowth North and Dowth South.
		The Dowth South passage is only 3.5 metres in length with a circular chamber and a single recess to the right; the original roof collapsed long ago and has been replaced by a concrete roof.
	www.irishholidayhomes.com /kiltaleholidayhomes/local_attractions.html (1207 words)

	Pleiades DOWTH LAKE
		KNOWTH.COM Astronomical significance of Kerb 51 at Dowth
		Kent, I found the little lake in question, as I suspected it is small, the actual water (in summer) is only about 50 or 60 yards wide, although there is about 5 or 6 acres of a reed bed, so presumable in winter the lake is much bigger.
		It is about 1 mile to the mound at Dowth, but I couldn't see the mound, only the trees near the mound, maybe the trees are blocking the view of the mound.
	www.cyberspaceorbit.com /dowth_lake.html (1052 words)

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