Loughcrew Cairns
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Loughcrew Cairns is a complex of Neolithic passage tombs and ancient ceremonial sites in Ireland, renowned for its megalithic art and astronomical alignments.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Irish Neolithic passage tomb tradition | 1 |
| Loughcrew Cairns canonical | 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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Slieve na Calliagh cairns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| astronomicalAlignment |
equinox sunrise
ⓘ
possible calendrical observations ⓘ solar events ⓘ |
| composedOf | stone ⓘ |
| contains |
human remains
ⓘ
possible cremation deposits ⓘ stone basins ⓘ |
| country | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Neolithic Ireland ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Eugene Conwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| estimatedConstructionPeriod | 4th millennium BCE ⓘ |
| excavatedBy |
Conwell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
later Irish archaeologists ⓘ |
| function |
burial site
ⓘ
ceremonial site ⓘ ritual landscape ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
carved orthostats
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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
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cairn T NERFINISHED ⓘ Cairn U NERFINISHED ⓘ Cairn V NERFINISHED ⓘ Cairn W NERFINISHED ⓘ Cairn X NERFINISHED ⓘ Cairn Y NERFINISHED ⓘ Cairn Z NERFINISHED ⓘ multiple smaller cairns ⓘ |
| hasViewOf | surrounding counties of Meath and Cavan ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | National Monument of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
astronomical alignments
ⓘ
megalithic art ⓘ passage tomb architecture ⓘ |
| locatedIn | County Meath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Oldcastle, County Meath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Slieve na Calliagh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
series of hills ⓘ |
| managedBy | Office of Public Works (Ireland) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Boyne Valley megalithic tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Neolithic ⓘ |
| region | Leinster ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
Neolithic ritual practices
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archaeoastronomy ⓘ megalithic art studies ⓘ |
| similarTo |
Dowth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Knowth NERFINISHED ⓘ Newgrange NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| surveyedIn | 1860s ⓘ |
| topographicalContext | dominant hilltops overlooking surrounding countryside ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Loughcrew Cairns Description of subject: Loughcrew Cairns is a complex of Neolithic passage tombs and ancient ceremonial sites in Ireland, renowned for its megalithic art and astronomical alignments.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Irish Neolithic passage tomb tradition