Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Newgrange, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newgrange
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.69495, -6.47288
- SMR number
- ME019-044001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Raised U-shaped area running N-S, defined by scarps (L c. 100m, W c. 20m) visible on aerial photographs (AJO 96; AYM 74 SMR File) (O'Kelly 1978, 48). Monument visible on Google Earth aerial photograph taken 12 November 2005.
See attached image of aerial photograph taken from Google Earth.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 07 November 2013
References
O'Kelly, C. 1978 (3rd ed.) Illustrated guide to Newgrange and the other Boyne monuments. Cork. Author.
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Pit circleunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Passage tomb art (present location)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.