Bru na Boinne

Bru na Boinne, or Boyne valley tombs, is an area in County Meath, Ireland, placed in a bend of the River Boyne. It contains one of the world's maximum essential prehistoric landscapes relationship from the Neolithic duration, including the massive Megalithic passage graves of Knowth, Newgrange and Dowth in addition to some ninety additional monuments. The archaeological tradition associated with those web sites is referred to as the "Boyne way of life". Since 1993 the website online has been a World Heritage Site exact by means of UNESCO, recognised for the reason that 2013 as "Bru na Boinne Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne".

The location is located 8 kilometers west of Drogheda in County Meath, Ireland, in a bend of the River Boyne. It is round 40 kilometers north of Dublin. Bru na Boinne is surrounded on its southern, western and jap sides with the aid of the Boyne; moreover, a small tributary of the Boyne, the river Mattock, runs along the northern side, nearly absolutely surrounding Bru na Boinne with water. All but two of the prehistoric websites are in this river peninsula.