Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
Newgrange, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newgrange
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Stones
- Latest-edition OS map
- Standing Stones
- Coordinates
- 53.69481, -6.46577
- SMR number
- ME019-051----
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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
Located at the crest of the S-facing slope of the upper terrace of the Newgrange ridge. There are the remains of a severely damaged mound (diam. c. 30.5m) known as Site U contained within a kerb, some of which survives at SE. It is listed as possible passage-tomb (O'Kelly 1978, 49; Herity 1974, 247). The aerial archaeological survey conducted by the National Monuments Service in 2018 did not add anything to our knowledge of this monument but it did identify two possible rectangular features (dims c. 10m x c. 10m) defined by straight fosses located c. 30m and 50m SE of the passage tomb (Condit and Keegan 2018, 114-115, Fig. 106).
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: 08 October 2025
References
O'Kelly, C. 1978 (3rd ed.) Illustrated guide to Newgrange and the other Boyne monuments. Cork. Author. Herity, M. 1974 Irish Passage Graves. Dublin. Irish University Press.
Condit, T. and Keegan, M. 2018 Aerial investigation and mapping of the Newgrange landscape, Brú na Bóinne, Co. Meath. Interim Report. Available online
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Embanked enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.