Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Meath - Atlas Obscura

Unusual
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in Meath

Newgrange

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

Mound of the Hostages

An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.

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Stamullen, Ireland

Fourknocks Passage Tomb

An ancient chamber filled with wonderful rock art and a Neolithic carving of a human face.

13 miles from Meath

Drogheda, Ireland

Saint Oliver Plunkett's Head

The severed head of a 17th-century Irish martyr lies within an intricate golden shrine.

14 miles from Meath

Jumping wall of Kildemock

A stone wall that mysteriously moved three feet from its foundation.

16 miles from Meath

Leixlip, Ireland

The Wonderful Barn

Corkscrew-shaped barn in Ireland.

18 miles from Meath

Celbridge, Ireland

Conolly's Folly

Obelisks and stone pineapples in the Irish countryside.

19 miles from Meath

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