Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone circle
Newgrange, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newgrange
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated Standing Stone
- Coordinates
- 53.69471, -6.47554
- SMR number
- ME019-045005-
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
Twelve standing stones surround mound of passage-tomb (ME019-045----) (diam. c. 130m). Originally there may have been as many as thirty-eight placed c. 9m apart. Dated later than passage-tomb (ME019-045----) and earlier than Beaker occupation (ME019-045004-) by O'Kelly (1982, 82).
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. 1982 Newgrange: archaeology, art and legend. London. Thames and Hudson.
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 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.