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Knockroe Passage Tomb
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Knockroe Passage Tomb is a prehistoric site, of the Neolithic period, in the townland of Knockroe in County Kilkenny, Ireland, about 10 km north of Carrick-on-Suir. It is known locally as "The Caiseal".
It is National Monument no. 655, managed by the Office of Public Works on behalf of the state.[1][2]
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There are two chambers on the site: the larger western chamber is aligned so that sunlight at sunset at the winter solstice shines along the passageway.[3] There is artwork on many of the stones lining the passageway. Quartz is scattered around the site: this may have formed a wall at the entrances. The chambers would originally have been covered with earth.[4][5][6]
There are similarities with the tombs at Newgrange and Knowth (both in County Meath).[5][6]
Excavations, led by Muiris O'Sullivan of the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin, have been conducted for several years at the site.[4]
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