Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
Newgrange, County Meath, Ireland
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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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
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
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Pit circleunder 1 mi
- Ceremonial stone settingunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.