Site 2 Site 3 Site 4 Site 5 Site 6 Site 7 Site 8 Site 9 Site 10 Site 11 Site 12 Site 13 Site 14 Site 15 Site 16 Site 17 Carrowmore Listoghil Knocknarea Queen Maeve's cairn Cairns Hill Doomore Croghaun Sliabh Da Ean Sliabh Dargan

A clickable plan of Knowth, showing the two passages and sixteen of the satellite mounds. Pink circles show approximate size and locations. Plan adapted from George Eogan's book, Knowth.

Newgrange Winter solstice Mythology Art at Newgrange Macalister's guide Cursus at Newgrange Tom Ray's paper Dowth Dowth chambers Dowth's art Fourknocks Tara Loughcrew Cairn T Cairn L Cairn D Lough Arrow Carrowkeel Summer solstice Cairn K Cairn F Doonaveeragh

Several interesting things can be said about these satellites. The way they are clustered around the main mound is similar to the arrangement found at Carrowmore in Sligo, though there are far more monuments at Carrowmore. Also, many of the Knowth satellites are oriented towards the main mound - more than likely to the location of a pre-mound feature. The satellites are older than the main site, as two of them were altered to accomodate the kerb of the big mound. There are a wide range of chamber styles to be found in the satellite mounds. They range from simpler 'undifferenciated' chambers within eight of the sites, five with cruciform chambers, and the remainder were too disturbed in later times to reconstruct their likely appearance. During the reconstruction of the main mound, vast amounts of soil were removed to be replaced with lighter materials such as styrofoam - I believe this was to relieve pressure on the internal structures. This removed material was later used to reconstruct the satellites. interestingly enough, these sites may never have been covered, but been free-standing monuments, which also applies to the circles at Carrowmore.