Loughcrew Cairns

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Neolithic passage tomb complex archaeological site megalithic site

Loughcrew Cairns is a complex of Neolithic passage tombs and ancient ceremonial sites in Ireland, renowned for its megalithic art and astronomical alignments.

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Label	Occurrences
Irish Neolithic passage tomb tradition	1
Loughcrew	1
Loughcrew Cairns canonical	1
Loughcrew cairns	1
Slieve na Calliagh cairns	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10768821 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Loughcrew Cairns
Context triple: [County Meath, contains, Loughcrew Cairns]

A. Ráth Cairn
Ráth Cairn is a small Irish-speaking (Gaeltacht) village in County Meath, Ireland, known for its strong preservation of traditional Irish language and culture.
B. Newgrange
Newgrange is a prehistoric Neolithic passage tomb in County Meath, Ireland, renowned for its massive circular mound, megalithic art, and precise alignment with the winter solstice sunrise.
C. Poulnabrone dolmen
Poulnabrone dolmen is a famous Neolithic portal tomb and iconic archaeological monument located on the karst landscape of the Burren in western Ireland.
D. Céide Fields
Céide Fields is a vast Neolithic archaeological landscape in western Ireland, renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved prehistoric field systems, stone walls, and settlement remains buried beneath peat bogs.
E. Knowth
Knowth is a major Neolithic passage tomb and archaeological complex in Ireland’s Brú na Bóinne UNESCO World Heritage Site, renowned for its megalithic art and prehistoric burial mounds.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Loughcrew Cairns
Target entity description: Loughcrew Cairns is a complex of Neolithic passage tombs and ancient ceremonial sites in Ireland, renowned for its megalithic art and astronomical alignments.

A. Ráth Cairn
Ráth Cairn is a small Irish-speaking (Gaeltacht) village in County Meath, Ireland, known for its strong preservation of traditional Irish language and culture.
B. Newgrange
Newgrange is a prehistoric Neolithic passage tomb in County Meath, Ireland, renowned for its massive circular mound, megalithic art, and precise alignment with the winter solstice sunrise.
C. Poulnabrone dolmen
Poulnabrone dolmen is a famous Neolithic portal tomb and iconic archaeological monument located on the karst landscape of the Burren in western Ireland.
D. Céide Fields
Céide Fields is a vast Neolithic archaeological landscape in western Ireland, renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved prehistoric field systems, stone walls, and settlement remains buried beneath peat bogs.
E. Knowth
Knowth is a major Neolithic passage tomb and archaeological complex in Ireland’s Brú na Bóinne UNESCO World Heritage Site, renowned for its megalithic art and prehistoric burial mounds.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Neolithic passage tomb complex ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ megalithic site ⓘ
access	public access with restrictions ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Loch Craobh cairns ⓘ Slieve na Calliagh cairns ⓘ linked to: Loughcrew Cairns
astronomicalAlignment	equinox sunrise ⓘ possible calendrical observations ⓘ solar events ⓘ
composedOf	stone ⓘ
contains	human remains ⓘ possible cremation deposits ⓘ stone basins ⓘ
country	Ireland ⓘ
culture	Neolithic Ireland ⓘ
discoveredBy	Eugene Conwell ⓘ
estimatedConstructionPeriod	4th millennium BCE ⓘ
excavatedBy	Conwell ⓘ later Irish archaeologists ⓘ
function	burial site ⓘ ceremonial site ⓘ ritual landscape ⓘ
hasFeature	carved orthostats ⓘ chevron motifs ⓘ corbelled stone chambers ⓘ cup-and-ring marks ⓘ kerbstones ⓘ lozenge motifs ⓘ multiple hilltop cairn groups ⓘ spiral motifs ⓘ stone-lined passages ⓘ sunburst motifs ⓘ
hasPart	Cairn L ⓘ Cairn T ⓘ Cairn U ⓘ Cairn V ⓘ Cairn W ⓘ Cairn X ⓘ linked to: Cairn U Cairn Y ⓘ Cairn Z ⓘ multiple smaller cairns ⓘ
hasViewOf	surrounding counties of Meath and Cavan ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Monument of Ireland ⓘ
knownFor	astronomical alignments ⓘ megalithic art ⓘ passage tomb architecture ⓘ
locatedIn	County Meath ⓘ
locatedNear	Oldcastle, County Meath ⓘ
locatedOn	Slieve na Calliagh ⓘ series of hills ⓘ
managedBy	Office of Public Works (Ireland) ⓘ linked to: Office of Public Works
partOf	Boyne Valley megalithic tradition ⓘ linked to: Boyne Valley Neolithic cemetery
period	Neolithic ⓘ
region	Leinster ⓘ
researchInterest	Neolithic ritual practices ⓘ archaeoastronomy ⓘ megalithic art studies ⓘ
similarTo	Dowth ⓘ Knowth ⓘ Newgrange ⓘ
surveyedIn	1860s ⓘ
topographicalContext	dominant hilltops overlooking surrounding countryside ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

County Meath → contains → Loughcrew Cairns ⓘ

Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site → partOf → Irish Neolithic passage tomb tradition ⓘ

linked to: Loughcrew Cairns

An Mhí → contains → Loughcrew cairns ⓘ

linked to: Loughcrew Cairns

Neolithic Ireland → hasImportantSite → Loughcrew ⓘ

linked to: Loughcrew Cairns

Loughcrew Cairns → alsoKnownAs → Slieve na Calliagh cairns ⓘ

linked to: Loughcrew Cairns

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