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Megalithic tomb - passage tomb

Newgrange, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Megalithic tomb - passage tomb, Newgrange, County Meath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Newgrange
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.69468, -6.47448
SMR number
ME019-044004-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated some 30m E of main mound (ME019-045----) at Newgrange, this site, on excavation, was shown to be a kerbed mound , c. 20m in diam., with orthostats and sockets representing a passage-tomb with a single side chamber, opening to SSE. A decorated stone basin was found in the end chamber. An orthostat fragment also bore megalithic art (O'Kelly et. al. 1978, 249-352). Identified by O'Kelly (1978, 47) as Site Z in his Guide to Newgrange. Semi-circular arc of enclosing element of tomb can be seen on Google Earth aerial photographs taken 12 November 2005.

See attached Google Earth image showing semi-circular arc of enclosing element of tomb. See attached pdf showing contour plan of Newgrange which shows location of tombs Z and Z1 (ME019-044003-), taken from Kelly et. al. 1978, 253.

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.

O'Kelly, M.J., Lynch, F.M. and O'Kelly, C. 1978 Three passage-graves at Newgrange, Co. Meath. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 78C, 249-352.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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