Monknewton

Monknewtown (Irish: Baile Nua na Manach, meaning "new town of the monks"), historically called Rathenskin, is a townland 3 km east of Slane in County Meath, Ireland. It stands on the Mattock River, which feeds several historic watermills nearby.

It also stands on the northern edge of the Neolithic monument complex of Brú na Bóinne which includes the famous site of Newgrange

Two Neolithic sites connected with Monknewtown are the nearby "ritual pond" and henge.

The pond probably dates to the later Neolithic, being a later addition to the complex, and consists of a 2m high earth bank that creates a 30m diameter enclosure that is filled with water.

The site may have played a preliminary or final role in prehistoric activities connected with the tombs and other ritual sites to the south.

Sources

Lewis-Williams, D and Pearce, D, Inside the Neolithic Mind, Thames and Hudson, London, 2005, ISBN 0-500-05138-0

Places in County Meath

County town: Navan

Towns	Ashbourne Drogheda (Southern environs) Dunboyne Kells Navan Ratoath Trim

Villages and townlands	Agher Ardcath Athboy Baile Ghib Ballivor Batterstown Bective Bellewstown Bettystown Boyerstown Carnaross Clonard Clonee Curraha Donacarney Drumconrath Drumone Drumree Duleek Dunshaughlin Enfield Gormanston Julianstown Kentstown Kilcloon Kildalkey Kilmainhamwood Kilmessan Kiltale Laytown Longwood Monknewton Mornington Mosney Moylagh Moynalty Mulhussey Nobber Oldcastle Ráth Cairn Rathmolyon Ratoath Skryne Slane Stamullen Summerhill Yellow Furze

Category:Geography of County Meath

World Heritage Sites in Ireland

Brú na Bóinne	Dowth Knowth Newgrange Monknewton Newgrange cursus Townleyhall passage grave

Others	Skellig Michael

Tentative list	The Burren The Historic City of Dublin The Céide Fields and North West Mayo Boglands Western Stone Forts The Monastic City of Clonmacnoise and its Cultural Landscape Early Medieval Monastic Sites (Clonmacnoise, Durrow, Glendalough, Inis Cealtra, Kells, and Monasterboice) The Royal Sites of Ireland: (Cashel, Dún Ailinne, the Hill of Uisneach, the Rathcroghan Complex, and the Tara Complex)

Coordinates: 53°43′17″N 6°29′18″W / 53.72139°N 6.48833°W / 53.72139; -6.48833

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