For in-person attendees, you are very welcome to join us for a reception beforehand from 5 p.m. The lecture will begin at 6 p.m.
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Knowth, Co. Meath, has been a place of ritual and settlement from the beginning of the Neolithic to the modern era. It is a national monument and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Property: the ancient Brú na Bóinne passage tomb complex that also includes Dowth and Newgrange. This event, in collaboration with Tuatha, celebrates the recent publication, Knowth edited by Helena King (Royal Irish Academy, 2024), for which Kerri Cleary was one of the contributors.
This book, based on material from the archaeological excavations published in our seven-volume Excavations at Knowth series, offers a general overview of what Knowth is all about, outlining why it is of interest and importance. In part, it is intended as a guide that people can use to navigate their way around the site, but it is also a book that anyone can read, use and enjoy without being on site and still get a feel for Knowth and how it came to be what it is.
Kerri Cleary was project coordinator for volume six in the Excavations at Knowth series, on the Neolithic archaeology of the Great Mound. She has worked as an archaeologist for over fifteen years, since completing her PhD at University College Cork in 2007. She specialises in prehistoric archaeology, particularly the Neolithic and Bronze Age of Ireland.
This lecture is delivered by the Royal Irish Academy, in partnership with Tuatha.
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