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Newgrange

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Newgrange | National Geographic

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Tomb of Newgrange | National Geographic

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Winter Solstice at Newgrange - Inside the Passage Tomb

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Newgrange

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Newgrange wins the Grade 3 Sham Stakes on Saturday, January 1, 2022 at Santa Anita Park.

Newgrange is a prehistoric monument in County Meath, Ireland, located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) west of Drogheda on the north side of the River Boyne. It is an exceptionally grand passage tomb built during the Neolithic period, around 3200 BC, making it older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids.
  • Mound and passage structure 

  • Art 

  • Construction and burials 

  • Purpose 

  • Mythology and folklore during Medieval and Early Modern periods 

  • Antiquarianism during seventeenth and eighteenth centuries 

  • Modern conservation, archaeological investigation and reconstruction 

  • Location and access