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Entrance to 5,000 year old passage tomb
Kerb 51, Stone of the Seven Suns at Dowth, drawing showing location of the 7 suns, and the actual stone visited today
![The Dowth cairn is 85 metres in diameter and 15 metres high,[3] and surrounded by 115 large kerbstones, some of which are decorated. Quartz was found fallen outside the kerbing, suggesting that the entrance to this tomb was surrounded by glittering white stone, as at Newgrange. Three stone-lined passages lead into the mound from the west. These comprise two passage tombs (known as Dowth North and Dowth South) and a souterrain.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x2apsukog3vg45xrn4jnurkp/bafkreigk7htsitfytfpeglb5ywl47zohwnf2zsop45iix5by6fjh5zkzti)
The Dowth cairn is 85 metres in diameter and 15 metres high,[3] and surrounded by 115 large kerbstones, some of which are decorated. Quartz was found fallen outside the kerbing, suggesting that the entrance to this tomb was surrounded by glittering white stone, as at Newgrange. Three stone-lined passages lead into the mound from the west. These comprise two passage tombs (known as Dowth North and Dowth South) and a souterrain.
Passage tomb entrance with kerb stone in front surrounded by green grass, Dowth, Ireland
We visited Dowth on a cold wet February day,least known of 3 principal megalithic passage tombs of the Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site
No one else there, no buses or queues,
& free
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