Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Long mortuary enclosure
Newgrange, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newgrange
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.68901, -6.48280
- SMR number
- ME019-094002-
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
Located on a slight S-facing slope at the NW edge of the Univallate Henge (ME019-094----). This is the cropmark of an oblong area (dims 33m plus NNW-SSE; 15m ENE-WSW), which is rounded at the narrow ends and defined by a ditch (Wth 2.5m), but a NNE-SSW field bank truncates the enclosure at the N end. (Condit and Keegan 2018, 36-43, Figs 32-37)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
References
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
- Hengeunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - pondunder 1 mi
- Hengeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.