Knowth
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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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Knowth canonical | 9 |
| Knowth passage tombs | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2948357 — 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: Knowth Context triple: [River Boyne, locatedNear, Knowth]
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A.
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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B.
Eanna temple complex
The Eanna temple complex was a major religious and ceremonial center in the ancient Sumerian city of Uruk, primarily dedicated to the goddess Inanna and associated with early urban development and monumental architecture.
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C.
Maeshowe
Maeshowe is a large Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave in Orkney, Scotland, renowned for its sophisticated construction, winter solstice alignment, and runic Viking graffiti.
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D.
Callanish Stones
The Callanish Stones are a famous Neolithic stone circle and ritual site on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, dating back to around 3000 BC.
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E.
Cave of Thawr
The Cave of Thawr is a historic mountain cave near Mecca revered in Islam as the refuge where Prophet Muhammad and Abu Bakr hid during their migration (Hijrah) to Medina.
- 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: Knowth Target entity description: 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.
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A.
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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B.
Eanna temple complex
The Eanna temple complex was a major religious and ceremonial center in the ancient Sumerian city of Uruk, primarily dedicated to the goddess Inanna and associated with early urban development and monumental architecture.
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C.
Maeshowe
Maeshowe is a large Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave in Orkney, Scotland, renowned for its sophisticated construction, winter solstice alignment, and runic Viking graffiti.
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D.
Callanish Stones
The Callanish Stones are a famous Neolithic stone circle and ritual site on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, dating back to around 3000 BC.
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E.
Cave of Thawr
The Cave of Thawr is a historic mountain cave near Mecca revered in Islam as the refuge where Prophet Muhammad and Abu Bakr hid during their migration (Hijrah) to Medina.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Neolithic passage tomb
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archaeological site ⓘ prehistoric monument ⓘ |
| access | guided tour from Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre ⓘ |
| country | Ireland ⓘ |
| culture | Megalithic culture ⓘ |
| epoch | Neolithic ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Office of Public Works
ⓘ
surface form:
Office of Public Works (Ireland)
|
| hasArchaeologicalExcavation | 20th century excavations ⓘ |
| hasArtStyle | megalithic art ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
chevron patterns
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concentric circles ⓘ decorated stones ⓘ earthen mound ⓘ engraved motifs ⓘ lozenge patterns ⓘ spirals ⓘ stone-lined passages ⓘ |
| hasNearbySite |
Dowth
ⓘ
Newgrange ⓘ |
| hasOrientation | multiple passage orientations ⓘ |
| hasPart |
chambers
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kerbstones ⓘ large central mound ⓘ passageways ⓘ satellite mounds ⓘ |
| hasType |
burial mound
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passage tomb ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | protected monument ⓘ |
| knownFor |
megalithic art
ⓘ
prehistoric burial mounds ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site
ⓘ
surface form:
Brú na Bóinne
County Meath ⓘ Ireland ⓘ |
| locatedOn | north bank of the River Boyne ⓘ |
| material |
earth
ⓘ
stone ⓘ |
| partOf |
Boyne Valley
ⓘ
Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form:
Brú na Bóinne UNESCO World Heritage Site
|
| region | Leinster ⓘ |
| significance |
key site for study of European prehistory
ⓘ
major Neolithic ritual centre ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 4th millennium BC ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| use |
burial site
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ritual site ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Knowth Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Knowth passage tombs