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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: NewgrangeCountry: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Meath Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Drogheda Nearest Village: Slane
Map Ref: O00747272
Discovery Map Number: D43
Latitude: 53.694637N Longitude: 6.475642W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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MartinJEley AnnabelleStar whese001 scherre would like to visit
ArchAstro: would like to visit I'd love to go here at the Winter Solstice
SimonBlackmore visited on 27th Jan 2017 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5
Jansold visited on 13th Sep 2014 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5
lichen visited on 12th Sep 2014 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 2 Access: 4
mfrincu visited on 5th May 2013 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5 My first passage grave. I heard from it when reading about the megalithic yard and Uriel's device in a recent book. Fairly reconstructed so it may have lost some of its original "magic".
bat400 visited on 1st May 2010 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 4
glen visited on 1st Apr 2010 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 i disagree with the Condition/access numbers given. You simply have to ignore the bizarre facade and wooden staircases over the entrance-stone, but Newgrange is deservedly in the top 3 most visited irish tourist attractions. Given a half-hour slot on the minibus access, it's still a fabulous sight from inside - if you ignore the concrete butressing too. The winding country stroll from the space-age visitor-centre perhaps foreshadows the future of Stonehenge - in which case stonehenge would become england's newgrange!
(ps. i thought the outer stone circle was earlier than the tomb, not later.)
gherkin001 visited on 20th Mar 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 The reconstruction leaves a lot to be desired, it is only the cement holding it up now
X-Ice visited on 2nd Aug 1982 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5
Runemage visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3
Andy B: would like to visit Reconstructed in the style of "Stalin visits the stone age" says Neil Oliver and we agree. Featured in Episode Three of BBC's History of Ancient Britain
blabar visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4
coin visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 2 Access: 5
kith visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 5
HChavez visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Rkphenix visited - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5
sirius_b neolithique02 Bladup DrewParsons SteveC jeffrep MelissaBWrite lizh davidmorgan Orcinus keniaar mark_a have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.64 Ambience: 3.93 Access: 4.29
Under the pressure of coachloads, the casually curious, and the faintly-inquisitive, it has lost its atmosphere. To this extent it is in a far worse state than Stonehenge. Books and photographs “explaining” it can be bought on site – and there are many websites doing much the same.
Around the tomb is a free-standing circle of stones erected after the tomb by late-Neolithic “Beaker-people” from Northern Britain, who also built a smaller circle at Ballynoe in county Down. Twelve out of an original 35 survive. There are also satellite-tombs, some of which have also been excavated.
~ Slightly over 1 km NW of Newgrange is the even more complex, marvellous and even more pillaged tomb of Knowth, also with satellite tombs. [The personal views of Anthony Weir were expressed in this article.]
The Journal of Antiquities also includes an entry for the Newgrange Passage-Tomb, Co. Meath, Southern Ireland, which includes a description, photographs, drawings of the tomb entrance and decorated entrance stones, and a list of reference sources for more information.
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