Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Habitation site
Newgrange, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newgrange
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.69433, -6.47499
- SMR number
- ME019-045004-
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
Beaker pottery and associated wares found in association with hearths, pits and post-holes around the mound of passage-tomb (ME019-045----) but no recognisable house plans recovered (O'Kelly 1978, 118; O'Kelly et. al. 1983)
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: 10 July 2007
References
O'Kelly, M.J., Cleary, R.M. and Lehane, D. 1983 Newgrange, Co, Meath, Ireland: The late neolithic/beaker period settlement. British Archaeological Reports. International Series, 190. Oxford.
Nearby in the register
- Ceremonial stone settingunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Stone circleunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.