Brú na Bóinne
Also known as Ensemble archéologique de la vallée de la Boyne
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (i), (iii), (iv).
Region
Europe and North America
Ireland
Inscribed
1993
List reference
659
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Brú na Bóinne is about 40 km north of Dublin. The nearest other World Heritage site is Gwynedd Castles, about 160 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Drogheda · about 37,000 peopleabout 7 km north-east
- Dundalk · about 39,000 peopleabout 35 km north
- Dublin · about 1,059,000 peopleabout 40 km south
- Belfast · about 450,000 peopleabout 110 km north
- Omagh · about 21,000 peopleabout 120 km north-west
- Kilkenny · about 22,000 peopleabout 130 km south-west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
United KingdomCultural157 km away
United KingdomCultural167 km away
United KingdomNatural172 km away
United KingdomCultural237 km away
United KingdomCultural278 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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